…如果这句话再也没有回到制造的人，这有什么区别？她以为不是。当说出这些话时，危害是造成的：那是贬低的行为，减少对方的行为，正是这种行为会给受害者造成痛苦。你这么说关于我吗？错误是在残酷的言论的作品中，而不是后来可能引起的痛苦。
(…did it make a difference if the remark never got back to the person about whom it was made? She thought not. The harm is done when the words are uttered: that is the act of belittlement, the act of diminishing the other, and it is that act which would cause pain to the victim. You said that about me? The wrong was located in the making of the cruel remark, rather than in the pain it might later cause.)