Lin's life has been a flowing symphony--a refreshing prelude in childhood, a crescendo of stentorian discourses in middle years, a discontinuous elegy in old age, and, living in seclusion in Hong Kong after 78 years of age, melodiously crafted essays.
林老的生命歷程，孩提是清新序曲，青年以至中年、壯年是激越的論文，老年是一組斷斷續續的悲歌，七十八歲隱居香港之後，人生寫的是行雲流水般的散文… …。