人们害怕死亡，就像孩子害怕黑暗一样；而且，正如孩子对黑暗的自然恐惧会受到各种故事的加剧一样，人们对死亡的恐惧也是如此。

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."

写作是找到一种声音，然后有勇气使用它的问题。

我不相信风格，我相信思考的过程。

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

完成比完美更重要。

——〈在北京湖广会馆学界欢迎会的演说〉，1912年8月30日