After my limbs were gone, that loss, for example, became fact, fixed -- necessarily part of my life, and I learned that I could no more reject this fact than reject myself.
Pašalinus mano galūnes, šis praradimas, pavyzdžiui, tapo pastoviu faktu – reikalinga mano gyvenimo dalimi, ir supratau, kad negaliu daugiau atmesti šio fakto, nei atmesti savęs.