阶级聚会是关于好奇心的；关于回避同时代人的错误的满足感，现在在他们新兴的生活史中揭示了；关于反思灾难和不公正时间；也许意识到命运的曲折是多么奇怪和随机。
(Class reunions were about curiosity; about satisfaction at the avoidance of the mistakes of one's contemporaries, now revealed in their emerging life histories; about reflecting on the ravages-and injustices-of time; and of realizing, perhaps, how strange and random are the twists and turns of fate.)