This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.

这是她一生中唯一一次把书本作为走出牢房的门。他们成了她的半个世界。

-- Michael Ondaatje 迈克尔·翁达杰