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Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

  • -- John Cheever 约翰·契佛

小说是艺术，艺术是对混乱的胜利……庆祝一个世界，它就像一个令人困惑和巨大的梦想，在我们周围展开。

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It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.

我的观点是，每本书都有自己的结构和长度。我已经写了三四本薄薄的书。也许下一部小说会很成功，但我不知道。

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Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

由于缺乏独到的学识，没有形成良好的思维习惯，对写作艺术一窍不通，我决定写一本书。

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Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

幻想，被理智抛弃，产生不可能的怪物;与之相结合，她是艺术之母，奇迹之源。

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I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.

我宁愿读一本平庸的书，也不愿浪费时间和别人闲聊。

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