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Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate societies.

  • -- Paul Theroux 保罗·泰鲁

小说写作、阅读和购书，一直都是一小部分人的活动，即使是在受教育程度最高的社会中也是如此。

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Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.

由于我们复杂的社会极易受到干扰和事故的影响，它们当然为迅速中断正常活动提供了理想的机会。

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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜，而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持，他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。

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Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

每一种新观点，从一开始就只占少数。

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Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

社会可能会被埋藏在地下的丑陋所压垮。

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