“There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself……(没有比较的基点,因此没有任何办法可以检验何种选择更好。我们经历着生活中突然临头的一切,毫无防备,就象演员进入初排。如果生活的第一排练便是生活本身,那生活有什么价值呢……)”
“Life itself is meaningless.”轻柔的声音出现在毛利兰耳边,几乎吓了她一跳:“Primarily.”