For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

  • -- Gene Fowler 吉恩·福勒

因为书不仅仅是书,它们是生命,是过去时代的核心和核心,是人类生存、工作和死亡的原因,是他们生命的本质和精髓。

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A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own water, you work the handle with your own strength. You do this because you expect to get back more than you give.

一本书就像一个泵。它不会给你任何东西,除非你先给予它。你用你自己的水启动水泵,你用你自己的力量操纵手柄。你这样做是因为你期望得到的比你付出的多。

I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can suddenly start coming out at once even though I wrote anything between one and five years ago.

我相信你们都知道,随着把这些书放在一起所花的时间,所有的东西都可能突然开始同时出现,即使我在一到五年前写过任何东西。

In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.

总而言之,人必须创造他自己的本质:他把自己投入这个世界,在那里受苦,在那里挣扎,他逐渐定义了自己。

If you will come back and make that pledge, God will heal your heart tonight.

如果你愿意回来许下誓言,上帝今晚就会治愈你的心脏。

Love what you do and your heart will lead the rest of the way.

热爱你所做的,你的心会引领你走完剩下的路。

The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

问题的实质是,我们下一步能做什么?会好吗?