For instance, when the neighbors moved, they left a smattering of books strewn about the floor that she gathered up like precious stones. When she was at Taipei First Girl ’ s High School, she would often wait in line to check out books for the weekend, taking whatever remained of the picked-over selections.
如鄰居搬家，不要的書散落一地，她便如獲至寶撿來捧讀；或如唸北一女時，周末排隊借書是常態，常借到同學們借剩的書，從來無法做所謂計畫性的閱讀。