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Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

  • -- Thomas Szasz 托马斯·萨斯

成年期是童年和老年之间不断缩小的时期。现代工业社会的明显目标是把这段时期减少到最低限度。

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I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.

我有一个非常困难的童年。我周围的人都有父母，这让我感觉不一样。早年的生活比较艰苦，这让我懂得了祖父母灌输给我的职业道德。

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Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

因为人们会活得更久，也会变老，所以他们只需要学习如何长时间成为婴儿。

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Rebecca was a busy liar in her distinguished old age, reinventing her past for gullible biographers.

丽贝卡在她杰出的晚年是个忙碌的说谎者，为容易上当受骗的传记作家重新创造了她的过去。

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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

如果你只瞄准孩子，你就死定了。无论如何，成年人只是已经长大的孩子。

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Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

和大多数痛苦一样，它开始于明显的幸福。

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Genius is childhood recalled at will.

天才是童年的回忆。

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