The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

  • -- William Dean Howells 豪威尔斯

所有无生命的东西的死亡对我来说都是可怕的,但最可怕的是书的死亡。

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If he is a ghost, then it's very disappointing for me, because he is banished in the story, and that could mean that he won't be coming back, and that would be terrible, wouldn't it?

如果他是鬼魂,那我就很失望了,因为他在故事中被驱逐了,这可能意味着他不会回来了,那将会很可怕,不是吗?

My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.

我对死亡的感觉不像以前那么自私了。我过去对死亡的态度是漫不经心的;现在我从我儿子的角度来看。

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

不要害怕你的死亡,因为正是这种死亡赋予你所有的日子以意义、深度和辛酸。