This quote came from a contemporary Chinese book,"To Live." The original text read,"At that time, we had dreams about literature, about love, about traveling across the world. Now, when we drink in the middle of the night, our dreams are shattered when we touch each other's glasses." This sentence expressed the theme of Yu Hua's novel, that time and experience would change people's dreams and pursuits. In the novel, the protagonist Fugui experienced many hardships and changes, and his dreams and pursuits gradually changed. Now, he and his friends were drinking late at night to reminisce about the past and lament the changes in time and experience, expressing the change in their pursuit of the broken dreams. This sentence could also be interpreted as a reflection on life and fate. Time and experience would change people's lives and destinies, making people's dreams and pursuits become unrealistic. At the same time, it would make people cherish their former dreams and pursuits more.