旅人のように

…I regained my sight at age of fifteen. I never took the trouble to learn the causes of the sudden loss and return of sight. Martha said jokingly that it was a miracle the Hoffers managed to stay alive. None of them lived past fifty. "Never worry about the future, Eric―you'll be dead by the time you are forty." Her words sank into my mind and became a source of lightheartedess during my years as a migratory worker. I went through life like a tourist.

from "Truth Imagined" Eric Hoffer

将来のことなんて悩むことないのよ、エリック。あなたは四十になる前に死ぬんだから。ホッファー家の人間はね、生きてるのが奇跡。五十歳過ぎまで生きた人なんていないのよ。…マーサさんの愛情。
ちなみに、エリックさんは80歳で亡くなられたようです。