I have made some adjustments every year. I'm trying to deal with the fact that there are so many novels I love written between, say, 1985 and the present that are over 400 pages apiece.

每年我都会做一些调整,但是事实是,我喜欢自1985年到现在这段时期的很多小说，每本都超过400页。

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Now, don't be distracted by the fact that they already appear to be sorted.

现在，貌似它们是有序的,但不要被这一事实干扰。

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And if that's right, if there can be parts that I have now that weren't one of the parts from which I was made, there's no particular reason to think it's going to be one of the parts that's going to continue to exist after I die.

如果这是事实,如果说现在构成我的一些零部件,并不是在我存在之前就存在的,那我们就没理由相信,这些零部件会在我死后,继续存在下去

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