所有故事都结束了。那一刻,当我们叹了口气并关闭这本书时,也许坐在椅子上,将手掌放在封面上,遇到了怪异的情绪。一方面,如果作者成功地绑着松散的结局,转过一个令人难忘的短语,并以他内心的渴望奖励了英雄的道德选择,那么我们很满意。然而,我们也为冒险结束而感到难过。有时,当我们看到只剩下几页时,我们会放慢脚步,品尝每个单词
(All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and rest our palm over the cover, is met with quixotic emotions. On the one hand, we're satisfied if the author successfully tied up loose ends, turned a memorable phrase and rewarded the hero's moral choice with his heart's desire. Yet we're also saddened that the adventure is over. Sometimes when we see that we only have a few pages left we slow down, savoring each word, staving off the)