They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love.

• 他们象被生活伤害了的一对老年夫妻那样，不声不响地超脱了激情的陷阱，超脱了幻想和醒悟的粗鲁的嘲弄，到达了爱情的彼岸。