I spent many nights sitting up alone, wishing I could die right then and there and feeling much darker inside than the black night outside my window.

很多个不眠的夜晚，我独自坐着，希望我当时就可以死去，和我的内心比起来，窗外的黑夜显反而得很明朗。

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Now, sitting there alone at my first book signing, I wondered if my entire life wasn't just a big joke.

然而现在，我孤单一人坐在这里，举行自己的第一次签名售书活动。我开始怀疑自己的人生是不是一个天大的玩笑。

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There I was, sitting at my laptop, alone in my flat, receiving emails from someone claiming to be me.

我一个人呆在公寓里，坐在笔记本前，收到一个自称是我的人的邮件。

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But Adel, the thin young student, was there, sitting alone, an open book face down on his lap.

NEWYORKER: Waiting

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Incredible as it may seem, there was the Sage of Omaha sitting alone scarfing down his low-calorie meal of waffles dripping in syrup, slabs of bacon and on top--like the cherry on a sundae--a serving of eggs benedict, all being washed down with a huge glass of cherry Coke, the first of five such libations he drinks every day.

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