--- title: "1 Blink of an eye Quotes By Yu Hua" description: "1 Blink of an eye quotes by Yu Hua. Plus more from Yu Hua and more Blink of an eye sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/yu-hua-27202_blink-of-an-eye_as-the-black-night-descended-from-the-he_1015569.jpg" --- > [“As the black night descended from the heavens, I knew that in the blink of an eye I would witness the death of the sunset. I saw the exposed and firm chest of the vast earth; its pose was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/as-the-black-night-descended-from-the-heavens-i-knew-that-in-the/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/yu-hua-27202_blink-of-an-eye_as-the-black-night-descended-from-the-he_1015569.jpg) ## Other authors on Blink of an eye - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chaim-potok-21977.jpg) Chaim Potok 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blink-of-an-eye/chaim-potok/) ## More by Yu Hua > [“So things remained until one day, many years later, I happened upon a line in a poem by Heine: “Death is the cooling night.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/so-things-remained-until-one-day-many-years-later-i-happened-upon-a/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“In times like these, who had either the leisure or the inclination to indulge in a touch of elegance?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/in-times-like-these-who-had-either-the-leisure-or-the-inclination-to/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“A parte de la vida misma, no veo otropa motivo para seguir viviendo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/a-parte-de-la-vida-misma-no-veo-otropa-motivo-para-seguir-viviendo/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“You don't have to pay tax on bullshit”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/you-don-t-have-to-pay-tax-on-bullshit/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“The residents of the the town are attracted by the words and the pictures on the signs. They know full well the perils posed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/the-residents-of-the-the-town-are-attracted-by-the-words-and-the/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“No matter how lucky a person is, the moment he decides he wants to die, there's nothing that will keep him alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/no-matter-how-lucky-a-person-is-the-moment-he-decides-he-wants-to-die/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“As the black night descended from the heavens, I knew that in the blink of an eye I would witness the death of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/as-the-black-night-descended-from-the-heavens-i-knew-that-in-the/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“Those immediately behind number 50 were anguish personified. They let loose an endless stream of foul language and it was hard to tell whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/those-immediately-behind-number-50-were-anguish-personified-they-let/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“At first, writing actually felt the more arduous of the two activities. But in order to reach cultural-center nirvana, I forced myself to continue.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/at-first-writing-actually-felt-the-more-arduous-of-the-two-activities/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“The more boldly a man dares, the more richly his land bears”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/the-more-boldly-a-man-dares-the-more-richly-his-land-bears/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/your-life-is-given-to-you-by-your-parents-if-you-don-t-want-to-live/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“If literature truly possesses a mysterious power, I think perhaps it is precisely this: that one can read a book by a writer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/if-literature-truly-possesses-a-mysterious-power-i-think-perhaps-it/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“People fear getting famous just as pigs fear getting fat. Reflecting the observation that fame invites a fall just as a fattened pig invites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/people-fear-getting-famous-just-as-pigs-fear-getting-fat-reflecting/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“Unequal lives give rise to unequal dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/unequal-lives-give-rise-to-unequal-dreams/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) > [“We were fishers of memory waiting on the banks of time and waiting for the past to swallow the date.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yu-hua/we-were-fishers-of-memory-waiting-on-the-banks-of-time-and-waiting/) [Yu Hua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yu-hua/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blink-of-an-eye/yu-hua/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blink of an eye Quotes By Yu Hua", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As the black night descended from the heavens, I knew that in the blink of an eye I would witness the death of the sunset. 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