——《民国月刊》出世辞（1913年5月20日)

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves.