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> [“Sometimes death is payback. At other times, it's just farewell, not owing anyone anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/sometimes-death-is-payback-at-other-times-it-s-just-farewell-not/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

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## More by Wu Ming-Yi

> [“The time has come. I really feel I must relinquish my former identity. I have to try to make a change, or I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/the-time-has-come-i-really-feel-i-must-relinquish-my-former-identity/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“It's kind of elusive, whatever it is that's communicated through the skin. It's hard to describe, but you know it when you feel it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/it-s-kind-of-elusive-whatever-it-is-that-s-communicated-through-the/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“ll life must feel pain in the face of death. To live without ain is to live without dignity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/ll-life-must-feel-pain-in-the-face-of-death-to-live-without-ain-is-to/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“A story can take children places they've never been before and tell them about things that happened to folks even older than their elders.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/a-story-can-take-children-places-they-ve-never-been-before-and-tell/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Going through a mountain to get from place to place as quickly as possible is one way of life, while going around is another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/going-through-a-mountain-to-get-from-place-to-place-as-quickly-as/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Life is sometimes a trade-off.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/life-is-sometimes-a-trade-off/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Each piece of trash that floated here seems to have brought a story with it across the sea, because anything that's been thrown away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/each-piece-of-trash-that-floated-here-seems-to-have-brought-a-story/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Sometimes death is payback. At other times, it's just farewell, not owing anyone anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/sometimes-death-is-payback-at-other-times-it-s-just-farewell-not/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“..only if you go to places nobody's ever been can you see the colours nobody's ever seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/only-if-you-go-to-places-nobody-s-ever-been-can-you-see-the-colours/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Perhaps because I don't think he can completely understand me, I often feel like talking to him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/perhaps-because-i-don-t-think-he-can-completely-understand-me-i-often/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“Sometimes things haven't gone away, it's just that we can't see them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/sometimes-things-haven-t-gone-away-it-s-just-that-we-can-t-see-them/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

> [“You must love the land, my children, and ring it in with your love. For the land is the most precious thing on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-ming-yi/you-must-love-the-land-my-children-and-ring-it-in-with-your-love-for/)

[Wu Ming-Yi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-ming-yi/)

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