My mother died of consumption, and the way I have lived up to now can only have aggravated a complaint which was the only legacy she left me.

我母亲是生肺病死的，这种病是她留给我的唯一遗产，而我那一贯的生活方式只会使我的病加重。

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But this is the burden of creating this kind of work, a burden that perhaps comes from the dualistic life I have lived as an American citizen growing up in the comfort of suburbia while family members in Afghanistan fought, died and, yes, killed in their battle against an invading army.

CNN: An 'Afghan redneck' creates art in a war zone