The Seventh Day Quotes

“مادامت أسرتنا تقيم معاً، لا يهم أين تكون أرض الراحة الأبدية”
― يو هوا, The Seventh Day

“لم يتغير اسم المكان ولكن تغيرت سائر الأشياء الأخرى”
― يو هوا, The Seventh Day

“Per la mia imbranataggine in materia, ero come una casa senza porte e finestre: l'amore faceva su e giù, io sentivo il rumore dei passi, ma credevo che fosse lì per caso e diretto altrove. Finché, un giorno, si fece avanti e suonò il campanello.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day

“أنا لا أخاف الموت، لا أخشاه إطلافاً، وخوفي يكمن في عدم رؤيتك مرة أخرى”
― يو هوا, The Seventh Day

“With relief I arrived at memory's peak,
and a broader landscape came into view.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day

“Several times I ran into a crowd of [redacted], dozens of them. They were not like the other [redacted] that sometimes gathered together and sometimes separated--this crowd stayed consistently together as they walked, a little like the moon's reflection on water, which keeps floating in a discrete shape no matter how the waves tug.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day

“Four other old folk emerged one by one to join their brother. All five siblings wore cheap polyester clothes, and standing in a group they looked very much alike. They differed only in their heights, like the fingers of a single hand.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day

“La casetta si sta allontanando e i binari sono volati via. Continuo a perdermi inseguendo le mie tracce, e mi stanco. Mi siedo su una pietra, serafico come un albero. E i miei ricordi sembrano dei maratoneti mentre corrono al mondo che ho lasciato.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day

“... because my memory had caught up with the world that had gone away.”
― Yu Hua, The Seventh Day