Hubert Selby
"I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life."
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"I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life."
"بينما كنت جالسًا في بيتي، انتابتني تجربة عميقة الأثر. تغلغل في أعماق كياني إدراكٌ بأنني سأموت يومًا ما، ولن يكون الأمر كمرات سابقة، حيث كنتُ على شفا الموت ثم أعود للحياة، بل سأموت موتًا حقيقيًا لا رجعة فيه. وقبيل الرحيل، سيغشاني شعوران: ندمٌ عميق على ما مضى من عمري، ورغبةٌ جامحة في استعادته. أصابني هذا الرعب. إن تصور أنني سأعيش عمري كله، ثم ألتفت إليه فأجده قد ضاع هباءً، أجبرني على أن أصنع لحياتي معنىً وقيمة."
Hubert Selby
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