每一次背對善良遠走,都有可能是留下遺憾的那一次。
《每一件善良的事情》,在故事前半部,對於轉學生瑪雅受到的冷漠與排擠,心靈的孤獨無依,讓人心疼不捨。然而,在故事尾聲,當一直以來蓄意冷落譏諷瑪雅的蔻依驚覺,自己再也沒有機會回應瑪雅友善的邀請與微笑時,想著自那一刻起,小小的生命將承載著懊悔的重量,也同樣讓人感到遺憾與沉重。
"At some point in our lives, we are all unkind.
At some point, we are all treated unkindly.
I wanted to understand this more.
I think too often we believe
we’ll have a second chance at kindness –
and sometimes we don’t. "-Jacqueline Woodson