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正对着空虚,我听到了声音。来自体内,来自这个空荡荡的地方。我摸住心脏。我是一个神经病,这不是我的自白,是我道听途说的结果。如果一个人相信你身边的所有,不轻易辩驳,那就是真的,无论错得如何虚假。也许我从出生开始,就停在了这个地方。因为我无法明确地记得和这里无关的地方。我的父母有可能是一对长年培养出感情的神经病,在医院后面的树林怀上我,或者是一个神经病和一个医生的结晶,又或者是两个医生的孩子。那有什么关系呢?出生离我这样的遥远,已经和我无关。生命从来就不是神圣,不过是一种冲动的附属品。我莫名其妙地成为了爱或非爱的累赘。生命的淡漠,是我致命的一个缺陷。永远不可能逾越这样的可能,去珍重关于自己的生命或是他人的。一个男人在书里说过,婴儿的生命是最高峰,最辉煌的时刻,作为第一声啼哭,就是对生存意志最崇高的表达,青春无例外地成为浪费,老年成为极端虚伪的赞美。我一直不懂,这种关...
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IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?(from My Autobiography)Scattered here and there through the stacks of unpublishedmanuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography andDiary of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future befound which deal with "Claimants"claimants historicallynotorious: Satan, Claimant; the Golden Calf, Claimant; theVeiled Prophet of Khorassan, Claimant; Louis XVII., Claimant;William Shakespeare, Claimant; Arthur Orton, Claimant; Mary Baker...
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