"When I look at a handkerchief given by one young person to another when they marched off to war, and preserved these 50 years by a Taiwanese soldier who fought in the Japanese army, the red blood turned dark brown with the passage of time, I sense the presence of a young, authentic life spirit.
「當我看著台灣日本兵收藏半世紀，當時年輕人之間出征相送的手帕，儘管那鮮血已經變成黑褐色，我卻接觸到一個年輕的、真誠的生命精魂。