“Hu’s heart clanged like fifteen buckets in a single well.”
― Shi Nai'an, quote from Outlaws of the Marsh
“When I tell you you’ll fart and pee in your pants with terror.”
― Shi Nai'an, quote from Outlaws of the Marsh
“The old woman’s face was wreathed in smiles.”
― Shi Nai'an, quote from Outlaws of the Marsh
“Truly, flowers open, only to be blown down by the wind.”
― Shi Nai'an, quote from Outlaws of the Marsh
“Li Gui called out, "Sir, if you kill me you will kill two persons."
"How do you make that out?" asked Li Kui, staying the blow.
"At home I support my mother who is ninety years of age, and this is my only means of helping her in her old age," said Li Gui. "I never injure people, but only make them afraid. If you kill me, my old mother will die of starvation."
Li Kui who never twinkled his eyes in chopping off people's heads, paused and thought when he heard this. "Here am I trying to succour my old mother, and yet killing a man who supports his old mother. Heaven will not allow me to live if I do this. No! No! I will forgive this man.
(J.H. Jackson translation)”
― Shi Nai'an, quote from Outlaws of the Marsh
Shi Nai'an
Born place: Suzhou, China
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“All trades, arts, and handiwork have gained by division of labor, namely, when, instead of one man doing everything, each confines himself to a certain kind of work distinct from others in the treatment it requires, so as to be able to perform it with greater facility and in the greatest perfection.”
― Immanuel Kant, quote from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
“I want you to stay with me,” he said. “And that’s the problem. Every time you leave me, I need you a little bit more.”
― Karina Halle, quote from Lying Season
“I had always hated how things seemed ever so slightly worse, ever so slightly more insane at night.”
― Lindsey Kelk, quote from I Heart New York
“I've learned over the years that sooner or later a person's physical appearance comes to resemble whatever is in their heart.”
― Damien Echols, quote from Life After Death
“Never give orders—give instructions. … Make a game out of your work. … The greatest dividend in human life is happiness.”
― Daniel Yergin, quote from The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
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