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“Today, I slept in until 10,
Cleaned every dish I own,
Fought with the bank,
Took care of paperwork.
You and I might have different definitions of adulthood.
I don’t work for salary, I didn’t graduate from college,
But I don’t speak for others anymore,
And I don’t regret anything I can’t genuinely apologize for.
And my mother is proud of me.
I burnt down a house of depression,
I painted over murals of greyscale,
And it was hard to rewrite my life into one I wanted to live
But today, I want to live.
I didn’t salivate over sharp knives,
Or envy the boy who tossed himself off the Brooklyn bridge.
I just cleaned my bathroom,
did the laundry,
called my brother.
Told him, “it was a good day.”
―
Cleaned every dish I own,
Fought with the bank,
Took care of paperwork.
You and I might have different definitions of adulthood.
I don’t work for salary, I didn’t graduate from college,
But I don’t speak for others anymore,
And I don’t regret anything I can’t genuinely apologize for.
And my mother is proud of me.
I burnt down a house of depression,
I painted over murals of greyscale,
And it was hard to rewrite my life into one I wanted to live
But today, I want to live.
I didn’t salivate over sharp knives,
Or envy the boy who tossed himself off the Brooklyn bridge.
I just cleaned my bathroom,
did the laundry,
called my brother.
Told him, “it was a good day.”
―
“一天靠劳力工作两、三个小时,在当时足足可以赚到最低生活费,事实上还是劳动的好方式,除了活动身体外,还可以打破孤寂的感觉。”
― 黄河青山:黄仁宇回忆录
― 黄河青山:黄仁宇回忆录
“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”
― 1984
― 1984
“我享有自由,我拥有许多人想像不到的自由,我也拥有此刻自己不需要的自由。不过,这却是流亡者的自由,是没有影子的人所拥有的自由。”
― 黄河青山:黄仁宇回忆录
― 黄河青山:黄仁宇回忆录
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