We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

  • -- Philip Pullman 菲利普·普尔曼

我们不需要对与错的清单,不需要做与不做的表格:我们需要书籍、时间和沉默。你不会很快被遗忘,但从前是永恒的。

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I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?

我测量每样东西,因为我总是在想,如果我花了这么多时间来确保这个食谱就是我想要的,我为什么要把东西扔进锅里?

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.

你以为你的痛苦和心碎是世界历史上前所未有的,但后来你读了。

Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses.

大多数书都写得很好,几乎对读者的感官没有任何影响。

No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.

没有鸡会第二次掉到火里。