记得因为中印边界争端,当时的一位印度同事当众调侃了几句,作为在场唯一的中国人,我只是礼貌微笑,没有接话。
过了一会儿他回过头,严肃又真诚地说:Jade, I don't like your country, but I like you.
我回他:Maybe it's nothing about nationality, it's all about personality.
他眼睛亮了起来,鼓掌说:That's a quote!
我似乎总是更好奇和在意那些——在宏大叙事裹挟下,复杂、真切且有生命力的——个体,也喜欢在交谈中微妙却准确地感受到,抛开国籍、语言、肤色和年龄,或许有一部分的我们并无二致。
写到这儿,脑子里浮现的是Oh Wonder的《All We Do》MV里,一个老爷爷说:Once everybody starts looking at one another as a brother, a sister, a human being, beauty will spread like wildfire.
至时,人性之美将如燎原之火。