We laughed and kept saying "see you soon", but inside we both knew we d never see each other again.

我們笑著說再見，卻深知再見遙遙無期。

——『海上鋼琴師』

Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.

游移不定。孓然孤獨。布滿了不完美的瑕疵。

——「擊碎我」

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

這層出不窮的多樣生活，與我若即若離，讓我沉迷又厭惡。

——「了不起的蓋茨比」

Everything is the same,but you are not here, and I still am.In separation the one who goes away suffers less than the one who stays behind.

此間百凡如故，我仍留而君已去耳。行行生別離，去者不如留者神傷之甚。

——拜倫贈情人的情書

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