Unpacking My Library
2004-11-13 - 4:19 p.m.
"Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. . . . Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like."

Illuminations, Walter Benjamin. Unpacking My Library

不是太壞
2004-11-10 - 11:52 p.m.
不快，失落。翻譯給人改得亂七八糟，也不敢哼半句。甚麼都是權力作怪。可這不全是壞情緒的原因。

有時很羨慕別人衣食無憂，想幹甚麼便幹甚麼，不用張羅資金，也不必擔心前途。每次我只好勉勵自己，和以前那些捱苦捱餓的前輩相比，自己現在的處境還不太壞。

翌晨在地鐵車廂裡，遇上大學同學細孖。大家照例寒暄了幾句。碰見舊友，總令人心情愉快。或許快樂並不為了什麼，這正好提醒大家，原來以前的歲月是怎麼過。