In my book My People, I once described children thus: "Children live in the present tense. They do not have adults 'recollections of the past, nor their expectations for the future. Their world is one in which one can only actively take part; there is no room in it for wait-and-see."
在我過去出版的「老家人」那本書中，曾對孩子們做過這樣的描述：「孩子們是生活在現在式之中的，他們沒有成人般對過往歷史的記憶，或對未來的企盼，他們的天地是個只能進一步參與，而不容觀望的世界。」