Like many men, I cringed at the thought I had a soft and vulnerable side, and that attitude had kept me in suffering.

像很多人一样，我不愿去想我有柔软脆弱的一面，而这种想法一直折磨着我。

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Like me, he had lost his parents at a young age, so we felt a strong connection; we promised to be each other’s shoulder to cry on and soft place to fall when life was knocking us down.

我们都在很小时就失去了双亲，因此感觉我们之间有一种强烈的联系。 我们承诺过当生活上遇到打击时，要成为对方的避风港，互诉清肠。

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And in every place he abandons he leaves something vital, it seems to me, and starts his new life somewhat less encrusted, like a lobster that has shed its skin and is for a time soft and vulnerable.

在他告别的每一处地方，照我看来，都会丢下一些要紧的东西，随后又以不那么拘谨的身段开始了新的生活，恍如蜕壳的龙虾，一时间变得柔软，但也不免脆弱起来。

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