橋上獨白談自我：coauthors of

We are the authors of ourselves, coauthoring a gigantic Dostoyevsky novel starring clowns.

我們是我們自己的合著者，合寫一部由小丑主演的陀思妥耶夫斯基鉅著。 把“自我”寫成合著小說，抽象概念立刻有了荒誕畫面。

I would say that life understood is life lived.

我會說，理解了的人生才是被活過的人生。 用對稱短句把“理解”與“活著”扣在一起，像格言。

I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree.

我不完全同意。也就是說，我也不完全反對。 先退半步再退半步，把曖昧態度說得極精確。

Because remembering is so much more a psychotic activity than forgetting.

因為記住比忘記要精神錯亂得多。 用 psychotic 形容記憶，反常又準確，一句話翻轉常識。

And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion.

而在那些真正浪漫的獨處夜晚，我和自己的困惑去跳薩爾薩。 把“困惑”寫成舞伴，孤獨和浪漫同時成立。