在生活的痛苦之外，建造一处避难处

1/ “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”

“获得了阅读习惯，那你就为自己在生活的诸多痛苦之外建造了一处避难处。”

2/“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.”

“生命的巨大悲剧不是人终有一死，而是人会停止爱。”

3/ “The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.”

“一本书中最重要的东西就是为你准备的那份意义。”

4/“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”

“恒久的爱就是没有回报的那种爱。”

5/ “I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.”

“我想，唯一能让我们毫无厌恶地看待我们生活的这个世界的，就是人们时不时从混乱中创造出来的美。他们画的画，他们谱写的音乐，他们写的书，他们过的生活。在所有这些中，最美的是美丽的生活，那是一件完美的艺术品。”

6/ “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

“写小说有三大原则。不好意思，没人知道是哪三条。”

7/“As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.”

“恋爱的时候，男女的区别在于，女人是整日爱着，而男人则是偶尔爱着。”

8/"Haven't you been in love since you came to Paris?"

“从你到巴黎以后闹过恋爱吗？”

"I haven't got time for that sort of nonsense. Life isn't long enough for love and art."

“我没有时间干这种无聊的事。生命太短促了，没有时间既闹恋爱又搞艺术。”