"One day I found myself sitting across from my lawyer in a room arguing about tax matters. Then I kept quiet, looked around and felt terribly ashamed. At that moment, I understood that everything that was before was just a dream and a transition. At that moment I understood that I had grown up shamefully, irredeemably and hopelessly.
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Márai SándorAll Translations
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One day I found myself sitting across from my lawyer in a room arguing about tax matters. Then I kept quiet, looked around and felt terribly ashamed. At that moment, I understood that everything that was before was just a dream and a transition. At that moment I understood that I had grown up shamefully, irredeemably and hopelessly.
""Egy napon észrevettem, hogy ügyvédemmel szemközt ülök egy szobában, és adóügyekről vitatkozom. Akkor elhallgattam, körülnéztem és rettenetesen elszégyelltem magam. E pillanatban megértettem, hogy mindaz, ami elébb volt, álom volt csak és átmenet. E pillanatban megértettem, hogy szégyenletesen, jóvátehetetlenül és reménytelenül felnőttem."