Some items are meant to look as if they have taken a beating.
In the 80's, everyone was meant to look like their mother.
Hung on a wall, it was meant to look like the real thing.
"More than anything else, the house was not meant to look like a stage set," he says.
In fact, he says, that is how they were meant to look.
It might be, he told himself, no more than a piece of art, a pretty thing that was meant to look at only.
"People were meant to look at them and dream about the kind of house they would like to have."
Human beings aren't meant to look at power and freedom.
He was meant to look for any deterioration of her skills.
After all, a beard is meant not to look perfect.