有用是这些老人曾经对自己最好的希望,而无目的是他们最深的恐惧。
"To be useful was the best thing the old men ever hoped for themselves, and to be aimless was their worst fear."
The novel is a very democratic form. It allows for the expression of many voices, many points of view.
The architect must be a poet, but a poet who builds.