Jamaica Kincaid
"this is how to bully a man; this is how a man bullies you;"
原來人類不只自虐，還會互相虐待嗎？XD
這樣講其實說不定人類也才是平等的，大家彼此互相折磨嘛。
Holiday/Katherine Anne Porter
"While one lived one worked, that was all, and without complaints, for no one had time to listen, and everybody had his own torubles."
"There was nothing I could do for Ottilie, selfishly as I wished to ease my heart of her; she was beyond my reach as well as any other human reach, and yet, had I not come nearer to her than I had to anyone else in my attempt to deny and bridge the distance between us, or rather, her distance from me? Well, we were both equally the fools of life, equally fellow fugitives from death. We had escaped for one day more at least."
嘿，這其實也只是生物性的自保而已，只是也是太狡猾了點。但是為了保護自己而刻意或無意遺忘些什麼也都是無法責怪的，還是，只能責怪那再也無法出聲的人？
The Rain Child/ Margaret Laurence
"She wanted to ignore the slap, to forget it. Forgetfulness was her protection. Sometimes I wondered, though, how mcuh could be tryly forgotten and what happened to it when it was entombed."
"I thought so, once, " I replied. "But now I don't know. I think I may have come here mainly for myself, after all, hoping ot find a place where my light could shine forth. Not a very palatable admission, perhaps."
"At least you did not take others along on your pilgrimage."
"No. I took no one. No one at all."
舊地重遊或錦衣歸里有時並不是太過令人愉快的事情，但是悔恨又怎樣呢？終究還是得繼續的，之後，對於死去的人縱使有再多的愧疚也無須彌補了不是嗎？有時我難以忍受人類的狡猾，只要擺出一副悔恨莫名的臉孔就行了，而世界依然沒有改變。
是的，我想我厭惡我自己。
由 drinker 發表於 October 5, 2003 10:07 PM | 引用