He says: It had only been through books, at best no more than vicarious cultural transfusions, that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way.

并加以思索，他说，：,“唯有通过读书，这种让文化在我心中产生共鸣的方式,才能维系我生存的勇气。

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Any minor shift in outlook -- including a little vicarious creek jumping -- can make a dismal picture less dispiriting.

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Andy Robertson has an interview with Vicarious Visions and a rundown of some of the new toys here, so be sure to check that out as well.

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"Desire" is blessedly free of the burning deserts and first-person fantasies of manipulative or murderous mothers that made listening to "To Bring You My Love" feel like a vicarious psychological collapse.

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