I always felt like I was preparing for something later.

我总感觉，我是在为将来的某一刻而活着。

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Only as we remember that life is a test, a trust, and a temporary assignment will the appeal of these things lose their grip on our lives. We are preparing for something even better.

唯有当我们谨记人生是试验、是信托，是暂时性的任务时，这些东西的吸引力才不再支配我们的生命。

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"It could be something where someone is preparing for something bigger, or it could be juvenile, " said Austin chief arson investigator Aaron Woolverton.

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For five years, she had believed that their secret life was building toward something, that they were preparing for a future, one that was presentable and public, substantial, painfully garnered but somehow worth the damage.

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