Lin Yi-Han > Quotes

“He discovered that social taboos about sex were all too convenient for him. After he raped a girl, the whole world would point at her and tell her that it was her own fault. And then this girl would actually think it was her fault.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“Si-Chi's hairline was straight as a highway. If you drove along it, it would lead to the most sinister truth in the world.”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初戀樂園

“Liu Yi-Ting knew the best thing about being a child was that nobody would take her words seriously. She could boast, break her promises, even lie. The things that come out of a child's mouth are often naked truths. Most adults, reacting instinctively out of self-defense, might reassure themselves "What do kids even know!" Thus, children learn to tell the truth selectively. This freedom of self-expression allows them to grow up.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“Her solitude was not from being alone, but from having nobody at all.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“你的脸死了一秒。”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初恋乐园

“... she would never understand how it felt to be a woman aware of her own beauty, walking on the street and holding her head low.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“It felt like running her hands over the stone wall of an ancient ruin and suddenly touching a piece of hardened gum; it was like forgetting one simple word in the flowing lecture that is life.”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初戀樂園

“我也知道，不知道怎么回答大人的时候，最好说好。”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初恋乐园

“Black and white equaled gray, after all, and Yi-Ting was passionate about the theory of colors. That was probably why she couldn't manage the piano. The more black-and-white something was, the easier it was for there to be mistakes.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“She couldn’t understand how someone in her world dared to cry before she did.”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初戀樂園

“After Teacher's Day in her first year in junior high school, she had stopped growing up.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“Little Fang Si-Chi's writing was like the smile of a chubby kid; grown Fang Si-Chi's writing was like the face of a famous political commentator.”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初戀樂園

“Every single thing in this world belonged to a hometown that Si-Chi would never know again.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“Writing a suicide note would be too melodramatic.”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

“张婉如过三十五岁生日前一阵子，张妈妈的表情就像世界末日在倒数。张妈妈上菜，汤是美白的薏仁山药汤，肉炒的是消水肿的毛豆，甜点是补血气的紫米。婉如只是举到眼前咕嘟咕嘟灌，厚眼镜片被热汤翳上阴云，看不清楚是生气还是悲伤。或者什么都没有。”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初恋乐园

“一个人能够经验过最好的感觉，就是明白自己只要付出努力就一定有所回报。这样一来，”
― Lin Yi-Han, 房思琪的初恋乐园

“Do only those who enjoy life continue to live?”
― Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise