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喜歡 The Year of Magical Thinking 的讀者還喜歡

我知道我們試圖讓死者活著的原因，我們試圖讓他們活著，是為瞭讓他們能夠和我們在一起。

Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. I've always been envious of Joan Didion, envious of how she can craft simple words into meaningful, heart-hitting stories. It's troubling beautiful that Didion calls her wish for things to be reversible as her "year of magical thinking". The adjective "magical" itself is beautiful yet sentimental and yet also melancholy

Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. I've always been envious of Joan Didion, envious of how she can craft simple words into meaningful, heart-hitting stories. It's troubling beautiful that Didion calls her wish for things to be reversible as her "year of magical thinking". The adjective "magical" itself is beautiful yet sentimental and yet also melancholy

my beloved writer.

不能承受的生命之重

生老病死，人之常态。生命的循环，随着年龄的增长，日渐看淡，但又愈加不舍。新生命的诞生令人欣喜，而旧生命的离去却让人伤心。旧生命只是相对新生命而言，旧，可能是因为来到这世间有些许光阴了，生命无常，旧生命不一定是老人，有的可能恰是前一时你还觉着他/她健壮得让你没...

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生老病死，人之常态。生命的循环，随着年龄的增长，日渐看淡，但又愈加不舍。新生命的诞生令人欣喜，而旧生命的离去却让人伤心。旧生命只是相对新生命而言，旧，可能是因为来到这世间有些许光阴了，生命无常，旧生命不一定是老人，有的可能恰是前一时你还觉着他/她健壮得让你没...

* Note: This is an assignment essay for the course of 'British and American Essays', edited by the course instructor. -------------- I felt like I had been punched in the stomach reading the dedication page of The Year of Magical Thinking: “This book is f...