"Language is a bridge and a storehouse of history and memory. Our culture, customs, and thought settle in it through some unclear process, and thus it ensures us a minimum level of communicative understanding."
「語言是橋，也是歷史記憶的倉庫，我們的文化習慣和思惟邏輯都以一種不明言的方式沈澱在其中，因而也就保障了最低限度溝通理解的可能。」