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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