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> [Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/perhaps-the-final-hour-is-come-i-have-left-no-testament-only-a-pen/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

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## More by Bei Dao

> [“the bouquet Between me and the world you are a bay, a sail the faithful ends of a rope you are a fountain, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/the-bouquet-between-me-and-the-world-you-are-a-bay-a-sail-the/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/being-a-poet-in-the-states-is-quite-different-from-being-one-in-china/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/on-the-one-hand-poetry-is-useless-it-can-t-change-the-world/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/freedom-is-nothing-but-the-distance-between-the-hunter-and-the-hunted/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/perhaps-the-final-hour-is-come-i-have-left-no-testament-only-a-pen/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [The name Bei Dao was actually given to me with the help of friends. When we were publishing our unofficial magazine, Today, we wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/the-name-bei-dao-was-actually-given-to-me-with-the-help-of-friends/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [As a writer, the most important thing for me is to continue to write, no matter where I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/as-a-writer-the-most-important-thing-for-me-is-to-continue-to-write/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/i-don-t-think-of-writing-my-poems-for-china-or-for-the-world-i-mainly/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/writing-is-the-thing-that-sustains-me-and-keeps-me-going-it-is-a-form/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/in-the-world-i-am-always-a-stranger-i-do-not-understand-its-language/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

> [Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bei-dao/bei-dao-became-the-most-well-known-name-for-me-because-of-certain/)

[Bei Dao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bei-dao/)

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