“No matter how lucky a person is, the moment he decides he wants to die, there's nothing that will keep him alive.”
― To Live
― To Live
“As the black night descended from the heavens, I knew that in the blink of an eye I would witness the death of the sunset. I saw the exposed and firm chest of the vast earth; its pose was one of calling, of beckoning. And just as a mother beckons her children, so the earth beckoned the coming of night.”
― To Live
― To Live
“She is like a broken pot that's not afraid of shattering, and I'm like a dead pig who no longer minds that the water's coming to a boil”
― Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
― Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
“People fear getting famous just as pigs fear getting fat. Reflecting the observation that fame invites a fall just as a fattened pig invites the butcher.”
― 十個詞彙裡的中國
― 十個詞彙裡的中國
“You know how men are... always peering into the pot even when they're eating out of the bowl.”
― Brothers
― Brothers
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