When I do my best to imagine some kind of existence that would be desirable or attractive forever, it just doesn't work. It becomes a nightmare.

当我尽力想象一种,令人永远期望迷恋的存在时，根本想象不出，总是变成恶梦。

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If I'm right in thinking immortality would be undesirable, then the fact that we're going to die is good, because it guarantees that we won't be immortal, which would be a nightmare, an unending nightmare.

如果永生不值得期许的观点是对的，那么我们终将一死的事实是好的，因为它保证我们不得永生，那是恶梦，一场永无止尽的恶梦。

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