The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

  • -- John Greenleaf Whittier 惠蒂埃

书的精华不在于它所包含的思想,而在于它所暗示的思想;正如音乐的魅力不在于它的音调,而在于我们心灵的共鸣。

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Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.

我们的生活是一本自己写的书,它的主题有时会从我们的脑海中消失。我们就像小说中的人物,并不总是理解作者想要他们做什么。

Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into consciousness what you didn’t know you knew.

书籍就像胶片上的显影液。也就是说,他们把你不知道你知道的东西带入意识。

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

对我来说,卖书或卖故事从来就不是自然而然的事。

Good stories take your imagination to anywhere.

好的故事能把你的想象力带到任何地方。