Meng Xi Shi > Quotes

“Everyone has evil intentions in their minds. The only difference is executing it or not. There's no need to criticize them so harshly.”
― Meng Xi Shi, 千秋 [Qian Qiu]

“Everyone holds evil thoughts inside their hearts; the difference lies in whether or not they act on it. Why castigate them for being human?”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1

“There are many people in this world — some of
them are good, and some of them are bad. But
there are even more who can't be simply classified
as 'good' or 'bad'. They may not think in the same
way you think, or walk the same path you walk. Just
like the case with Yu Ai and Yuan Ying - even the
same set of sword arts looks slightly different in
different people's hands. Don't deny others just
because they are different from you. Like how the
ocean is capable of holding water from thousands of
rivers, a person should be forgiving and tolerant to
diversity, and it is the same for practicing martial
arts. People who are narrow-minded can only
achieve so much. Even if they do reach the summit,
they cannot stay there for long.”
― Meng Xi Shi, 千秋 [Qian Qiu]

“Yan Wushi grabbed his hand and brought it to his own heart. He said softly, “If you don’t believe me, you can dig it out and see for yourself, then you’ll know. From today onward, this is all yours.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 4

“For the ideals I pursue within my heart, I’d not regret a thousand deaths to die.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“Humans judge both other people and other things through the self, so if the self has no joy, then heaven and earth have no joy.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3

“When it comes to worth, every heart weighs it differently. Grudges have a source, and debts a debtor, but involving innocent people should never be commended. When you don’t save the people you could have, when you don’t take action when you could have, a shadow lodges in your heart forever. Whether other people know about it― whether they’ll feel grateful― that’s their business”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 1

“If you wish for a world without war, start with yourself.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1

“But this flower was good-natured, always tenderhearted and compassionate. That’s why it met with trouble after trouble. It seemed to bring all this trouble on itself, but it also anticipated and accepted the consequences of such tenderness. If others thought that softness was a weakness, then it was they who were truly blind.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1

“I'm not as incredible as you think. I only want to see that man one more time, to see the disappointment on his face. Let him know that demonic core didn't take, that it didn't control me. That I'm still myself.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“Foolish A-Qiao"
"When have I ever been good to you?”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 3

“In the end, he finally believed that it was indeed a worthless stone. But in his eyes, compared to the room full of gold and silver treasure, even if it was only a stone, it was still one of a kind—a stone out of a million.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 4

“The flowers have already bloomed to their most beautiful and luxuriant form; if they bloom even longer, they will only start withering away. Sending them off on their journey now will leave their most perfect image imprinted in your heart. Isn’t that a good thing?” His five fingers closed into a fist, and the piece of fallen leaf in his hand was immediately pulverized into a fine powder, rustling as it fell from his fingers. “In this world, if one cannot live vigorously and freely in accordance to their own desires and inclinations, then what is the point? Humans are not that different from flowers.”
― meng xi shi, 千秋 [Qian Qiu]

“However, now Yan Wushi was forced to admit that Shen Qiao was unique and that he couldn’t change him. Though the world was vast, there was still only one Shen Qiao.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 4

“I’ve always done as I pleased without a single regret. This isn’t for atonement, much less something as laughable as guilt. You don’t need to feel indebted to me, or go as far as to harbor some self-serving, wishful thoughts about the meaning of it all. That would only make me want to throw up.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 3

“Dao is like water, benefiting all living things while keeping none for itself. The law of Dao is to be what it is. People who follow the law of Dao should soften their own glare and unify themselves with the ordinary. Only those who comply to the natural order of things and sense the common feelings shared among people can achieve the real Dao.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“Of course, there are many people with evil intentions in this world, but there are even more people willing to lend a helping hand. I wish to remember those people, not the things that will only bring me despair and suffering.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 3

“In this world there are many, many situations where giving someone something doesn't necessarily mean you'll receive anything in return. When you choose to give, you must remember this, or else the only one hurt will be you.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“He was unwilling to admit that he, who’d looked down upon everyone in the world, would one day find that a name had wormed its way into his heart.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 4

“To know the world, one must first know themselves. Then they must forget themselves. Once they forgot both the world and themselves, never again would they be moved by worldy gains and losses.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“For the ideals I pursue within my heart, I'd not regret a thousand deaths to die.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“Yan Wushi thought that he could look at Shen Qiao’s earnest expression hundreds of times without growing bored. In the past, he’d wanted this man to fall into the pitch-black abyss, to hate and curse the world, but he now adored his warm and gentle heart with that same fervency.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 4

“Some people were unaware of the evil in the world and gave their kindness indiscriminately. In the end, all it did was exhaust them and others both. But there were some people who did see through to the evil, and that insight was precisely why they refused to change—why they carried on being gentle and tenderhearted”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1

“The affairs of the past are like the waters flowing by: they cannot be returned.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“If I knock him unconscious right now, will he wake up with a more normal personality? Shen Qiao contemplated this with all seriousness.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3

“After he said this, he gripped Shen Qiao’s chin and lowered his head, invading him with his lips and tongue. He only stopped once Shen Qiao’s breaths became disordered, his eyes glistening with moisture.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3

“Shen Qiao thought to himself, My manner is evasive because yours is abnormal.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 1

“You didn't even cry when Yu Ai betrayed you, but now you are crying over someone you don't even know?

Everything I experienced, whether they were setbacks or predicaments, were things I could endure. But this little boy... He probably never hurt anymore. The reason Heaven let him be born into this world should not be for him to suffer. Evertone has the right to live. No matter how hard life is, there should at least be hope for him to see a way out.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

“But in Yan Wushi’s eyes, whether it was Xie Ling or Yan Wushi didn’t matter. Good or evil, painful or wonderful—he alone should be special to Shen Qiao. There was no need for some other random person to partake in that special regard.”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3

“Yan Wushi glanced at Shen Qiao, then quickly dropped his head and mumbled, “Feed me.” Shen Qiao fell silent. After a long time with no reply, Yan Wushi raised his head to look at Shen Qiao, then said hesitantly, “Like last time… Kis…”
― Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 3