So it is with many souls who indolently live on the outer edge of their own natures until great thunderstorms of sorrow reveal hidden depths within that were never hitherto suspected.

许多得过且过祇在人性浮面生活的人，也是如此，直到要受到了大雷雨似的打击，他们才窥见灵魂的深奥。

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Sollers has his arms crossed, the left arm resting on the surface of the table, the right arm resting on the left (and his right hand indolently cupping the elbow of his left arm).

NEWYORKER: Labyrinth