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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I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

我觉得我的散文读起来好像英语是我的第二语言。当我读到一段话的末尾时，我已经在躲避子弹，上气不接下气了。

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I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

我真的很期待现在只专注于游泳的部分，而不是在泳池外发生的事情。

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For the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff.

目前，我正专注于自己的事情。

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