adults / 大人

「刺蝟的優雅」中一位13歲的小主角說，人總是目標遠大，把希望放在那遙遠的星辰，但最後不免被困在金魚缸裡，而且其實大人根本不知道自己追求的是什麼。我只能說，她完完全全把大人看破了。

In the novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a thirteen-year-old character makes the following remarks: We aim for the stars, but find ourselves like goldfish in a bowl. In fact, the adults don't know what they are after. I can only say, she totally sees through us...

雖然大人的尊嚴蕩然無存，但我想到小表弟曾經說，大人真好，想去哪就去哪，沒有心智的成熟，起碼我有行動的自由。

Though my dignity as adult is no different from the dust on the ground, I think of a quote from my little cousin, "It's so nice to be adults because you can go anywhere..." Well, even without mental maturity, I have the liberty, to move around...