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“Even if you lived in honor, you would return to the dust when you died.”
― 请君莫笑, 女将军和长公主 [Nǚ Jiāngjūn Hé Zhǎng Gōngzhǔ]

“Young man, there are two cringe-worthy phrases in one’s life that must be said, no matter what.”

“Which two?”

“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”

“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”

“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Image (II)

Over every extinguished past,
tears gush out.

The castle wall is desiccated;
the wind blows.

The grass waves;
over the hills, across the fields
no rest;
white angels countenances do not appear.

Alas I wish to die;
alas I wish to live;
alas I, over every extinguished past,
let tears gush out.
Out of the sky
the wind blows.”
― Chūya Nakahara, The Poems of Nakahara Chuya