\u201cYou\u2019ve turned into a log of wood,\u201d he commented. \u201cYou\u2019ve not only lost contact with reality and lost all interest in world events, in your civic duties, in yourself, in your friends (and you did have friends), you\u2019ve not only lost all goals in life, except for winning at roulette\u2013you\u2019ve even renounced your memories. I remember you at an intense, vivid moment in your life, but I\u2019m certain you\u2019ve forgotten the best and strongest emotions that you experienced at that time, and your present dreams and aspirations do not go beyond pair, impair, rouge, noir<\/i>, the middle twelve numbers, and all that. I\u2019m sure of it.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019ll do, Mr. Astley. Please, don\u2019t remind me of it!\u201d I cried with annoyance, almost spitefully. \u201cAnd for your information, I haven\u2019t forgotten a thing. I have only temporarily emptied my head of everything, including even my memories, until I\u2019ve radically improved my situation. Then you\u2019ll see, I\u2019ll come back from the dead!\u201d
\u2014The Gambler<\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cYou\u2019ve turned into a log of wood,\u201d he commented. \u201cYou\u2019ve not only lost contact with reality and lost all interest in world events, in your civic duties, in yourself, in your friends (and you did have friends), you\u2019ve not only lost all goals in life, except for winning at roulette\u2013you\u2019ve even renounced your memories. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n