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“They were endowed with the qualities of youth- they were rebellious, fearless, eager to fight for a 'just cause', thirsty for adventure and action. They were also irresponsible, ignorant, and easy to manipulate- and prone to violence. Only they could give Mao the immense force that he needed to terrorize the society.”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
“I wanted to look calm, and to let them know that they could not demoralize us. I had no fear or sense of humiliation, only contempt for them. What had turned people into monsters? What”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
“I could understand ignorance, but I could not accept its glorification, still less its right to rule.”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
“We in China had been trained not to draw conclusions from facts, but to start with Marxist theories or Mao thoughts or the Party line and to deny, even condemn, the facts that did not suit them. I”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
“Over the years of the Cultural Revolution, I was to witness people being attacked for saying "thank you" too often, which was branded as "bourgeois hypocrisy"; courtesy was on the brink of extinction.”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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