“Is there just one single love in a lifetime? Are all our lovers ― from the first to the last, including the most fleeting ― part of that unique love, and is each of them merely an expression of it,… — Dai Sijie Copy Share
“Is there just one single love in a lifetime? Are all our lovers ― from the first to the last, including the most fleeting ― part of that unique love, and is each of them merely an expression of it, a variation, a particular version? In the same way that in literature there is just one true masterpiece to which… — Dai Sijie Copy Share
“To me it was the ultimate book: once you read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look… — Dai Sijie Copy Share Image
“The only thing Luo was really good at was telling stories. A pleasing talent to be sure, but a marginal one, with little future… — Dai Sijie Copy Share Image
“Often, after extinguishing the oil lamp in our house on stilts, we would lie on our beds and smoke in the dark. Book titles… — Dai Sijie Copy Share Image
“I kept my door more securely locked than ever and passed the time with foreign novels. Since Balzac was Luo's favourite I put him… — Dai Sijie Copy Share Image
