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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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.

在个别工业中，妇女劳工发挥重要作用，任何提倡提高工资、缩短工作时间等的运动，从一开始就不会因为没有组织的女工的态度而注定失败。

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It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.

的确，移民小说与人们从一个国家到另一个国家有关，但没有哪部小说不从一个地方旅行到另一个地方，无论是情感上还是地方上。

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My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

我的小说来自我的内心;它们是我觉得我想做的事情。

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Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming.

怀旧总是命中注定的。

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