我不是榜样。我只是在努力做我自己。

文学有跨越边界的力量，能连接被地理和时间分隔的灵魂。

〈在广东第一女子师范学校校庆纪念会的演说〉，1924年4月4日

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

我从田径中学到的竞争艺术就是忘记的艺术，我现在提醒自己这一点。你必须忘记你的极限，你必须忘记你的疑虑、你的痛苦、你的过去。