比主动遗忘更痛苦的,是被动记住。
The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.
The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.
The longer life goes on, the fewer those around you to challenge your account of things, to remind you that life is not as you tell it, but as you remember it.
解释:死亡、生存、惊恐、惧怕等观念都进入不到他的内心中,因而遇到任何事情都不害怕。