Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

-- Neil Gaiman 尼尔·盖曼

因为，如果一个人今天在写小说，那么专注于散文之美和专注于分号一样，都是白费力气。

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌，在所有伟大的散文中，不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的，也有诗人用散文写作，或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

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My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.

我的散文是浮夸的，没有一点活力。

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I should be concentrating on writing pages.

我应该专注于写作。

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