作者王澍，中國當代建築師，2012年普利茲克建築獎得主。 
……作為生活在社會中的個人，沒有人不嚮往和追求友情。友情是陽光，溫暖了我們的心靈，使生活變得美好溫馨。因此，《悠悠心會—名家筆下的友情世界》 一書，最能讓我們產生會心不遠的感受。在作家們的筆端，友情是相知既久形成的默契，摒棄了一切繁文縟節，直接走入對方心靈(葉聖陶《與佩弦》)；是相互的關係，彼此的欣賞，發自內心而默默無語，有一種如水的平靜和深湛(馮驥才《愛在文章外》)；它從來不受職業身份地位差別的限制，只聽從心靈的呼喚(舒婷《在澄澈明淨的天空下》)；它又同日夕謀面厮守並無必然關聯，心靈尋找自己的朋友有其獨特的方式，儘管山遙水遠緣慳一面，但數載間的書信往還，已在兩顆心間結成一條堅韌的紐帶，這豈是浮泛的交往所能比及的(韓小蕙《悠悠心會》)! 這些篇章，是友情的記錄，更是心聲的寫照，它們滙合在一起，便奏出了一闋讚頌真摰友情的交響樂，在我們心靈的回音壁上激起宏大悠遠的回響，餘音裊裊，如縷不絕。
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