真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

诗歌是人类探索自我惊奇的语言。

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

在桂林学界迎会的演说，1922年1月22日

诗人的工作是找到使不可见变为可见的词语。