The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
——〈在广州大本营国民党员的演说〉,1923年11月25日
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.
我听说楚地有一只神龟,已死三千年了,楚王用布包好,再用竹编把它装着,藏在庙堂之上。这龟,宁愿死了尊贵地保留着骸骨呢,还是宁愿活着在泥水中摇曳着尾巴?