Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.

-- Neil Gaiman 尼尔·盖曼

伟大、宏大、严肃的小说总会获奖。如果这是一部伟大、宏大、严肃的小说和一部有趣的小说之间的战争，那么有趣的小说注定要失败。

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Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.

在早期的史考特和狄更斯、萨克雷之间，有大量的小说作品，其中不少小说的名字应该排在第二类小说的前列，而有些则会把其中不止一个提升到第一类。

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I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

我想说，在我的小说中，爱是否仍然存在的问题，与陀思妥耶夫斯基的上帝是否存在的问题，扮演着同样的角色。

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You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

你注定要做出选择。这就是人生最大的悖论。

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Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming.

怀旧总是命中注定的。

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