Ízelítőnek az elő- (vagy utó-)szóból egy mellbevágó részlet:

...language need not be psychologically positive to survive and prosper because it is a robust cultural phenomenon. Language is like a virus: almost a different life form that has humans as a host. With each statement and each phrase, we pass on the virus, unable to function without encouraging its spread. The monks see the problem and try silence, chanting, koans, mantras, and prayers but they too remain infected. Like mitochondria in cells, language in some ways looks like a foreign entity, and yet like cells themselves, we have become dependent upon the invader for our existence.