The world that is a book is devoured by a reader who is a letter in the world’s text; thus a circular metaphor is created for the endlessness of reading; We are what we read.

  • -- Alberto Manguel 阿尔维托·曼古埃尔

世界是一本书,读者是世界文字中的一封信,他把世界吞没了;由此为阅读的无穷无尽创造了一个循环的隐喻;我们读什么就成为什么。

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How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

与我对自己房间的了解相比,我的自知之明是多么可怜地贫乏。没有像观察外部世界那样观察内部世界的事情。

So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.

所以,我是世界第八大奇迹。这是奉承,非常,非常有趣。