When I was young I hoped that one day I should be able to go into a post office to buy a stamp without feeling nervous and shy : now I realize that I never shall.
我在年轻时，希望有一天去邮局买邮票时能够不感到紧张尴尬，现在我知道了，这永远不可能。

——Edmund Blunden
——埃德蒙·布兰登