If there is comfort to be drawn from the Chichi quake and the temblor that followed a month later in Chiayi, it is in the glimpse they have provided of humanity's basic goodness, its forbearance, determination and courage. All have been on ample display across the island--both in disaster areas and in regions that escaped devastation, both among government workers and private citizens.
假如說，我們在九二一集集大地震和其後的一○二二嘉義大震中還有一絲安慰的話，那是因為我們看到，人類生命底層的善良、寬容和「我要活下去」那樣的毅力、勇氣正在台灣各處豐盛的湧出，不管是災區還是非災區，不管是政府或是民間。