Geling Yan > Quotes

“樂此不疲精神頭兒，給家裡添一盆植物，購置幾個瓷盤，都是她短時期的奮鬥目標。她和梁多是插隊”
― Geling Yan, 米拉蒂

“老幹部的後代全部寄生在家，幾代人，相互比拼揩老爹的油，　吃老幹部不需肉票特供的肉，廚子做多少飯菜就下去多少飯菜，一個個還瞪著飢餓的眼。”
― Geling Yan, 米拉蒂

“Her secrets weren’t kept just from other people but also from herself.”
― Geling Yan, The Secret Talker

“Words, when compared with feelings, are too concrete, too arbitrary, whereas feelings are richer but more elusive—ambiguous, if you will. Where words are muted, feelings begin.”
― Geling Yan, The Secret Talker

“五年的自由结束了。放浪形骸到头了。里弄天井迎着他打开门，将在他进去后关闭。他眼睛一次次地潮湿，不是哭他的望达，是哭他的自由。他跟谁都没有说过，他多么爱自由。从小到大，像所有中国人家的长子长孙一样，像所有中国读书人家的男孩子一样，他从来就没有过足够的自由。”
― Geling Yan, 陆犯焉识