A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

  • -- David Mitchell 大卫·米切尔

一本读了一半的书是一段没有读完一半的爱情故事。

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Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.

书并不是绝对没有生命的东西,但书中确实包含着生命的力量,使之像它的后代那样活跃;不,它们确实像小瓶一样,保存着孕育它们的活生生的智慧的最纯粹的效力和精华。

With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

闭上眼睛,我会触摸一本熟悉的书,把它的芳香深深吸进我的内心。这足以使我高兴。

Books are best preserved in the minds of readers.

书最好保存在读者的心中。

A word after a word after a word is power.

一个字接一个字就是力量。