“To them life is like a book with blank pages. But to the detective, it is an illuminated manuscript of mysteries.”
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
“Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer.”
― Blood Rites
― Blood Rites
“床前明月光 疑是地上霜 举头望明月 低头思故乡 《静夜思》 Moonlight spreads before my bed. I wonder if it’s hoarfrost on the ground. I raise my head to watch the moon And lowering it, I think of home. “REFLECTION IN A QUIET”
― The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai
― The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai
“Buddha’s words are everywhere, in every sound of the universe.”
― The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai
― The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai
“To let go of the self is the highest calling of the self, something that few achieve. And something that every self, whether she knows it or not, aspires”
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
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