To Youth, May It Be Indestructible
每次读Willa Cather 的小说,感觉自己的情绪会有两极端,一是血脉贲张,看到所有东西的阳面,积极面。二是无尽的惆怅感。My Mortal Enemy 让我很意外,它指的居然是死神。It is true that in one way or another that we mourn the lost of youth, when everything is exalted by imagination, by generosity and by the flaming courage of youth. Emily Dickinson曾经写了一首诗, Becuase I Could Not Stop for Death, 也是有关生命和死亡的思考。时间流变,每个人面对人生,都会有这样的终极发问。