"That is what is so strange, that people will not believe what is really true, what is before their eyes."
这就是如此奇怪的事情，人们不会相信真正真实的东西，就在他们眼前的东西。
"There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best."
只有一种真正的罪过，那就是说服自己次好的东西不仅仅是次好的。
"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all."
所有老人共同的大秘密是，在七八十年里，你其实并没有改变。你的身体变了，但你一点都没变。
"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."
可怕的是假装二流是一流的。假装你不需要爱，而实际上你需要；或者假装你喜欢你的工作，而你很清楚你能做得更好。
"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."
有了图书馆，你是自由的，不受暂时政治气候的限制。它是最民主的机构，因为没有人——绝对没有人——能告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及如何读。
"Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself."
这就是学习的意义。你突然以一种新的方式理解了你一生都理解的东西。
无论你注定要做什么，现在就做。条件总是不可能的。
Literature should be judged as literature, not as a social document.
文学应该作为文学来评判，而不是作为社会文献。
The story is a vehicle to carry ideas, not the other way around.
故事是承载思想的工具，而不是相反。
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
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