He wants his novel to be like that living butterfly, but the threat is always that it will be more like the aquamarine. And I want to suggest to you that the aquamarine has an even darker personal significance to him.

他希望他的小说就像蝴蝶那样鲜活，然而它却总是,倾向于像海蓝宝石，我希望你们注意到,海蓝宝石对于他个人而言还有更加阴暗的意义。

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But in closing, I just, by way of blessing, I hope that you will follow what you love after Princeton and know that you always have a loving home here, among many of us in our hearts and also at our table sides.

不过在结束的时候，我只想，作为一种祝福，我希望离开普林斯顿，您能追随您爱的事物,并且记得在这儿您一直有一个温馨的家，您会一直在我们身边，也在我们的心里。

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