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“They were lonely and sad people, all three of them, and they would not make one another less sad, but they could, with great care, make a world that would accommodate their loneliness.”
― Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
― Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
“If literature truly possesses a mysterious power, I think perhaps it is precisely this: that one can read a book by a writer of a different time, a different country, a different race, a different language, and a different culture and there encounter a sensation that is one's very own.”
― 十個詞彙裡的中國
― 十個詞彙裡的中國
“Being born is like this: The sunflowers slowly turn their corollas toward the sun. The wheat is ripe. The bread is eaten with sweetness. My impulse connects to that of the roots of the trees”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
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