"In our [Chinese] society, we long ago became accustomed to having standard rules and a sort of mass production society. This has made individual persons indistinct from 'the crowd,' 'the masses' or 'people,'" she says. Zanzibar's language gave her a new respect for individual life. The plants of Zanzibar also revealed to her the joys of the senses.
「我們的社會早就習慣了統一規格，大量製造，弄得每個人都是面目模糊的『大眾』、『群眾』、『人們』」，蔡珠兒說，香奇葩的語言讓她感覺對個別生命的敬重。