If you can feel the force of that thought, then you're seeing how the question Will I survive?

如果你能感觉到这想法的力量，那你就能明白我是否依然生存这个问题？

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And yet, you like him anyway, and I think that's the power of the novel, and that's why I think he's such a character.

但是，你还是会喜欢他，我想那就是这部小说的力量，那就是为什么我认为他是个很有趣的角色。

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