羞耻是最私密的情感，却将我们所有人联系在一起。

出自包天笑翻译的日本小说《不如归》中引用的古诗。

诗歌是表达不可言说之物的艺术。

I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ’Funny Face’ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

被称为"人群"的生物的智商是其人数的平方根。

最好的读者是阅读自己作品的作家。

释义：如果不能长久地保持其君子之德，就可能蒙受羞辱。

Writing is a way of fighting against the absurdity of life.