情况越糟,扭转局面所需的努力就越小,上升空间就越大。
我可残酷,但不可无良心;我可用语言的利剑来刺戳她,但决不用真刃。
Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of our brains.