We fell asleep clinging tightly to each other, as though in our dreams we could make it all better.

那天晚上，我们紧挨着对方睡着了，仿佛在梦里所有的一切不愉快都不曾发生的。

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And then there is the greatest (and also the least sustainable) division of all: between the old, clinging tightly to entitlements they claim to have earned, and the young who will somehow have to pay for all this.

ECONOMIST: Debt and politics in America and Europe