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(to retreat into) memory is a form of claustrophobia:
“In recompense for a mind that was able to retain everything, every memory, perhaps it was necessary that the body gradually fade away.” (119). Is captivity a fate worse than (memory’s) death?
(and now I’m concerned about the logistics of … typewriter usage for logographic languages… I wonder how many liberties were taken with this translation)
— Apr 14, 2026 05:03PM
“In recompense for a mind that was able to retain everything, every memory, perhaps it was necessary that the body gradually fade away.” (119). Is captivity a fate worse than (memory’s) death?
(and now I’m concerned about the logistics of … typewriter usage for logographic languages… I wonder how many liberties were taken with this translation)
