“I continue reading, remembering why I used to love books. Because they show us, in so many words, and so many worlds, that we are not alone.”
― We Are Inevitable
― We Are Inevitable
“And what I really intended to say in the end remains unsaid.
So I am still and I am silent, because if I open my mouth,I may never stop screaming.”
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So I am still and I am silent, because if I open my mouth,I may never stop screaming.”
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“After Mum finished her seventh day of work, she returned home, and, like some strange magician, pulled out from the breast of her coat a beautiful bunch of wildflowers.
Where had she got them? I wondered. I remember I cupped the wild bouquet in my hands and marched outside, scanning the landscape in all directions for any sign of where they might've come from. Wide-open emptiness stretched out before me. Dry and unwelcoming. And yet... in my palm I held moist, healthy, vigorous life. How? The answer was not forthcoming, so I returned inside, found an empty bottle of spring water, filled it once more and placed the flowers in it. They were the only source of colour in our tattered, underground home. Three days later and still the flowers endured. Their life hung on.”
― Distant Sunflower Fields
Where had she got them? I wondered. I remember I cupped the wild bouquet in my hands and marched outside, scanning the landscape in all directions for any sign of where they might've come from. Wide-open emptiness stretched out before me. Dry and unwelcoming. And yet... in my palm I held moist, healthy, vigorous life. How? The answer was not forthcoming, so I returned inside, found an empty bottle of spring water, filled it once more and placed the flowers in it. They were the only source of colour in our tattered, underground home. Three days later and still the flowers endured. Their life hung on.”
― Distant Sunflower Fields
“Are all movies books first?” “Just the best ones.”
― We Are Inevitable
― We Are Inevitable
“你常常对我说,娟啊,其实你不结婚也是可以的,不生孩子也是可以的。你不要受那些罪了。你妈妈不晓得这些,我晓得的……”
― 我的阿勒泰
― 我的阿勒泰
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