Evidence
He told himself that he was purging his mind, but in truth he kept wondering how one would know if one had wasted one’s life. He was afraid of finding the answer. — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3123
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Severe trauma can sever a person’s felt continuity with their own life — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 510; Imprisonment threatens the prisoner’s belief that past struggles had meaning