He had somehow made the giant stride from babyhood to manhood, and missed that crisis in youth when most of us grow old.
他不知怎地从婴儿一下跨到成人,却越过了青春中的那道关口——我们大多数人恰恰在那里开始衰老。
— G. K. Chesterton · Manalive · II · The Luggage of an Optimist —
He had somehow made the giant stride from babyhood to manhood, and missed that crisis in youth when most of us grow old.
他不知怎地从婴儿一下跨到成人,却越过了青春中的那道关口——我们大多数人恰恰在那里开始衰老。