And I realized how few of the grown-ups that I knew were able to withstand the tragedies that the war visited on them -- how few of them could even resemble a normal, contented, satisfied, happy life once their job, their home, their security was destroyed by the war.
Primijetio sam da se jako malo  odraslih ljudi koje sam poznavao znalo nositi s ratnim tragedijama koje su ih obilježile -- i da je samo mali broj njih mogao  uspostaviti nešto nalik normalnom, zadovoljavajućem ili sretnom životu  sad kad su im posao, dom ili sigurnost uništeni u ratu.