Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

  • -- Alain de Botton 阿兰·德波顿

对于孤独的人来说,书商是最有价值的去处,因为作家们找不到倾诉的对象,所以写了那么多书。

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But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.

但每件事都有合理的分工。这本书是我写的,无论如何也引不起我去读它。

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

读书时,一场寂寞而宁静的音乐会给了我们的心灵;我们所有的心智能力都将呈现在这种交响乐的提升中。

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.

我希望我能在你孤独或黑暗的时候,向你展示你自己惊人的光芒。

All of my books come from pain.

我所有的书都来自痛苦。