Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? … I haven’t done so enough before—and now I'm too old; too old at any rate for what I see. … What one loses one loses; make no mistake about that. … Still, we have the illusion of freedom; therefore don't be, like me, without the memory of that illusion. I was either, at the right time, too stupid or too intelligent to have it; I don’t quite know which. Of course at present I'm a case of reaction against the mistake. … Do what you like so long as you don't make my mistake. For it was a mistake. Live! 盡你所能地生活；不這樣做是一個錯誤。你做什么并不重要，只要你擁有你的生活。如果你沒有擁有它，你擁有過什么？……我以前做得不夠多——現在我已經太老了；至少就我所見，我已經太老了……一個人失去什么就失去什么；不要弄錯這一點……盡管如此，我們仍然有自由的幻覺；因此，不要像我一樣，沒有這種幻覺的記憶。我在適當的時候要么太愚蠢，要么太聰明，無法擁有它；我不太清楚是哪一種。當然，目前我是在對錯誤的反應中……做你喜歡的事，只要你不犯我的錯誤。因為那是個錯誤。活著！ ——亨利·詹姆斯