An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.

  • -- Thomas Traherne 特拉赫恩

一本空书就像一个婴儿的灵魂,里面可以写任何东西。它能容纳一切,却什么也不包含。我想让这一切充满有益的奇迹。

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I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

我不知道编辑们会怎么看,也不知道他们会怎么接受。但在某种程度上,我希望下一本书,当人们拿起来读的时候,能把他们吓得魂飞魄散。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友,应该少而精。