“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
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Born place: Suzhou, China
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“Simplicity rules everything worth while, and whenever I have been up against a business proposition which, after taking thought, I could not reduce to simplicity, I have realized that it was hopelessly wrong and I have let it alone.”
― Daniel Yergin, quote from The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
“Nhưng, đúng là không thể quên được gì hết, bởi vì đau buồn là một thể nguyên khối suốt cuộc đời, liền một mạch từ thuở thơ ấu, qua chiến tranh đến bây giờ. Và có lẽ để nhận lấy đau khổ, mà người ta được sinh ra ở trên đời này, cũng vì đau khổ mà người ta phải sống, phải mưu cầu hạnh phúc, phải đến với tình yêu, với nghệ thuật, phải tận hưởng phải chịu đựng đến cùng cuộc sống. . .”
― Bảo Ninh, quote from The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
“Blood was shed that you three might breathe the good air of life, and if that means you have to miss out on a Zibzy game, then so be it. Part of being a man is putting others' needs before your own.”
― Andrew Peterson, quote from On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
“I've waited my whole life to sleep with you, Ellie Watt. I can't just pick you up from Safeway.”
― Karina Halle, quote from Sins & Needles
“How lovely to work at something you loved and knew you were great at, even if it was for a pittance and you occasionally got punched.”
― Jenny Colgan, quote from Meet Me at the Cupcake Café
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