暂时的东西有时比永久的东西更有力量。
"The temporary is sometimes more powerful than the permanent."
"A good play should unsettle, not comfort."
——回答清华学生“国民党施行的，是否俄国的主义？”，1924年2月9日
"A writer is a world trapped in a person."
我们不害怕未来，我们不害怕过去。
Let me explain. I think it would be very unusual for anyone here, or anyone watching, to be envious of the Queen of England. Even though she is much richer than any of you are, and she's got a very large house, the reason why we don't envy her is because she's too weird.
We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.
【译文】 孔子说：“年轻人值得敬佩，怎知后代不如今人？四五十岁还默默无闻的人，就没什么前程了。”