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Young-Ha Kim

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“「如果有群山賊只治理村落一個星期,那這些傢伙大概不到一天就會讓整個村子傾家蕩產;但是如果治理一年,他們就會等到秋收的時候,還會讓村民活下去;如果治理十年,他們就會制定計劃,因為不能大家一起餓死,所以會給村民食物和衣服;如果要治理三十年,他們就會關心要不要生孩子的問題。治理三十年的山賊,那就是國家啊!」 「既然要在山賊底下生活,那治理時間長的山賊比較好,對嗎?」 瑪麗如此問時,張益德咧嘴一笑,給了模稜兩可的答案:「啊,話是這樣說沒錯,但妳不要到處去嚷嚷說是爸爸教妳的。」”

“父親從鯽魚的嘴裡拔出釣鉤,將鯽魚丟進桶裡。好大的一條鯽魚。 「你看,魚從水裡撈出來以後,就不再翻騰了吧?」 「有不是這樣的魚吧?」 父親又把釣竿甩進江裡,一尾鯽魚在乾水桶裡掙扎著。 「沒有,魚如果沒有水,魚鰓就會不停開闔,翻騰一陣子之後死掉。我在蓋水庫的時候,有時要竪起棟梁,將好水抽進隧道裡,唯有這樣,才能澆灌水泥。來不及逃走的魚都會死在水底,其他一起作業的同事高興極了,紛紛抓魚回去煮湯。即便如此,數量之多也吃不完,最後就腐爛了。因為腐爛,泛出了臭味,真是噁心啊!吃下去的東西好像都要吐出來了。我想說的就是,你不要成為一條魚,要成為青蛙,在水裡能游泳,出來以後也能跳躍⋯⋯聽懂了嗎?」”

“I always thought people got upset when someone betrayed them because they were angry at being lied to, at having the wool pulled over their eyes. But now I see it isn't true. Betrayal dismantles your confidence. That's why it's so upsetting. Now I can't believe in anything. I can't tell if I enjoyed my life until now, or if I'm doing the right thing, or what. How can someone this stupid do anything well? How can I do anything well in the future? I'm probably just going to get used by everyone. Don't you think so?”

“People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.”

“A revolution cannot progress without the fuel of terror. With time that relationship inverts: the revolution presses forward for the sake of terror. Like an artist, the man creating terror should be detached, cold-blooded. He must keep in mind that the energy of the terror he releases can consume him.”