Moby says this album was created on sleepless nights when he felt like the only person still awake in the cities where he stayed.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

作者自己也这小说里写道：“我曾试着去和身边人,传达那种我想成为黑人的强烈感觉，但没人能听进去。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Messner said when he reached the top he felt like a single giant lung.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Christian Rossiter has said that he felt like a prisoner in his own body, unable to move or carry out the most basic of tasks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

But he felt her absence like a deep pain.

VOA: special.2009.06.27