Thirteen years later, here we were, still inseparable.
I thought about his puppyhood and adolescence, about the shredded couches and eaten mattresses, about the wild walks along the intracoastal, and the cheek-to-jowl dances with the stereo blaring.
I thought about the swallowed objects and purloined paychecks and sweet moments of canine-human empathy.
Mostly, I thought about what a good and loyal companion he had been all these years. What a trip it had been.
玛丽和我，是约翰果梗的一本畅销书，2008年，拍成电影。玛丽是一条调皮捣蛋的狗的名字。找到有意思的几段，与大家共赏。
第一句，倒装。十三年了，我们仍然不可分离。
I thought about, 我回想起，我忘不了，
his puppyhood and adolescence, couches and mattresses, the walks and dances.
Objects and paychecks and moments.
Companion.
最后一句，感叹句总结。
常识，十三年，狗生的长度。人生会长很多，来日方长。
十三年，发生了很多事情，在不同阶段会给狗很多形容词，调皮捣蛋，幼年，青年，老年，狗与人的共情的甜美场景，一股脑地冒出来，如何用文字表达呢？作者选择用一些名词，实物状态的描绘，而不是直接写人与狗的各种具体情感内容。
往事越千年，东临碣石有遗篇。石头消化了一千年发生过的事情。
被狗咬过的沙发垫子，记录了狗生，狗的曾经存在的证据。shredded couches, eaten mattresses, 是实物见证，the swallowed objects, purloined paychecks, sweet moments, 已经进入了人脑的记忆程序中，人在，这个记忆应该在，人走了，这个记忆也会被带走，不会留下一丝痕迹。如同，挥一挥衣袖不带走一片云彩。
In the lonely blackness, I could almost taste the finiteness of life, and thus its preciousness. We take it for granted, but it is fragile, precarious, uncertain, able to cease at any instant without notice.
I was reminded of what should be obvious but too often is not, that each day, each hour and minute, is worth celebrating.
天地之间，若白驹过隙，忽然而已。
对酒当歌，人生几何？
盛年不重来，一日难再晨。及时当勉励，岁月不待人。
人生得意须尽欢 莫使金樽空对月。
对于生命，时间的感叹，古今中外，似乎没有什么不同，语言的运用方式，也非常接近。素描，留白，中国画的风格，似乎在这段英文表述也能找到踪迹。
活在当下，今朝有酒今朝醉？
虚无主义是答案吗？
于是，我也糊涂了。