"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

——在上海中国国民党本部会议演说，1920年11月4日

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

我写作是为了理解周围的世界。

文学是一种抵抗的形式，一种对我们被强加的现实说不的方式。