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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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌,在所有伟大的散文中,不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的,也有诗人用散文写作,或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

当童年死亡时,它的尸体被称为成年人,他们进入社会,地狱的政治名称之一。这就是为什么我们害怕孩子,即使我们爱他们,他们也会让我们看到我们衰败的状态。

Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.

有些作家只能处理童年经历,因为它是完整的。对于另一种作家来说,生活还在继续,他也能继续处理。

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

如果你很年轻,喝很多酒,这会损害你的健康,让你的思维变慢,让你变胖——换句话说,把你变成一个成年人。

And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age.

什么是生活?——这是一次令人厌倦的朝圣之旅,它的光荣在一天之内就会使舞台充满童年、成年和衰老。

When I was younger crying always seemed to be the answer. Now that I'm older crying seems to be the only option.

当我年轻的时候,哭似乎总是答案。现在我长大了,哭似乎是唯一的选择。

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.

我们用望远镜看过去,用显微镜看现在。因此,目前的情况显然是极其恶劣的。

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

优雅而快乐地变老是一种罕见而又困难的成就。