"In the space of 30-plus years much previously unobtainable material has been made public and now more and more people are going into Taiwan history.
「前後三十多年的時間，以前無法獲得的資料幾已全數公開，現在愈來愈多人投入台灣史，這條路感覺上熱鬧多了，」趁著回台參加學術會議的空檔，費德廉和史學好友相聚，笑談過往。