And when you ask people about connection, the stories they told me were about disconnection.

当你跟人们谈论关系，他们跟我讲的是如何被断绝关系的故事。

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At night I used to sit among the peasants and listen to the stories they told of their villages.

晚上，我总是同农民坐在一起听他们讲述村里的故事。

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On cold winter evenings, he told her stories about the stars and how they got in the sky.

在冬天寒冷的夜晚，他给她讲关于星星和星星怎么上天的故事。

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And some of the stories they told me were really very interesting.

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The stories they told about too many shootings, and too few jobs.

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Several Nighthawks players and coaches were veterans on the NFL. They shared with me some stories of cut days in the NFL. They told me about cut players openly weeping or falling to their knees and begging to stay on the team.

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