--- title: "1 Person Imagine Quotes By Xiaolu Guo" description: "1 Person Imagine quotes by Xiaolu Guo. Plus more from Xiaolu Guo and more Person Imagine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/xiaolu-guo-17410_enough-time_if-you-spend-enough-time-reading-someone_2418206.png" --- > [“If you spend enough time reading someone else’s thoughts, after a while their thoughts begin to infect you. Your grasp on yourself becomes tenuous. Or you begin to see that you never were the essential you in the first place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/if-you-spend-enough-time-reading-someone-else-s-thoughts-after-a/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/xiaolu-guo-17410_enough-time_if-you-spend-enough-time-reading-someone_2418206.png) ## More by Xiaolu Guo > [Somehow, in the novel format, I don't really like to do upfront, ideological discussion. In my heart, literature remains a poetic and ambiguous medium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/somehow-in-the-novel-format-i-don-t-really-like-to-do-upfront/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [But why people need privacy? Why privacy is important? In China, every family live together, grandparents, parents, daughter, son and their relatives too. Eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/but-why-people-need-privacy-why-privacy-is-important-in-china-every/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [I’m saying language is a passport. A dubious, dangerous passport too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/i-m-saying-language-is-a-passport-a-dubious-dangerous-passport-too/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“Red's world, you see, is a closed circle. Not that it matters. I know that I'm a closed circle, too, and it's all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/red-s-world-you-see-is-a-closed-circle-not-that-it-matters-i-know/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“In China we say, "You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane are as sweet." Sometimes love can be ugly. But one still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/in-china-we-say-you-can-t-expect-both-ends-of-a-sugar-cane-are-as/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [Self-censorship happens not only in China, or Iran or ex-Soviet places. It can happen anywhere. If an artist penetrates a certain taboo or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/self-censorship-happens-not-only-in-china-or-iran-or-ex-soviet-places/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [People always say it's harder to heal a wounded heart than a wounded body. Bullshit. It's exactly the opposite—a wounded body takes much longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/people-always-say-it-s-harder-to-heal-a-wounded-heart-than-a-wounded/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“In China we believe "rob the rich to feed the poor." But robbers here have no poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/in-china-we-believe-rob-the-rich-to-feed-the-poor-but-robbers-here/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“Yours is the face of a post-modern woman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/yours-is-the-face-of-a-post-modern-woman/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“In China, we say: 'There are many dreams in a long night.' It has been a long night, but I don't know if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/in-china-we-say-there-are-many-dreams-in-a-long-night-it-has-been-a/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [I do think there will be a better understanding between the two sides - East and West. And eventually, the so-called two sides will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/i-do-think-there-will-be-a-better-understanding-between-the-two-sides/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“I am sick of speaking English like this... I am scared that I have become a person who is always very aware of talking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/i-am-sick-of-speaking-english-like-this-i-am-scared-that-i-have/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“Heavenly Bastard in the Sky, these cockroaches were sadomasochists, looking for the most painful way to die. Once I swallowed one absent-mindedly drinking my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/heavenly-bastard-in-the-sky-these-cockroaches-were-sadomasochists/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [“I thought that you would bring everything into my life. I thought you are my Jesus. You are my priest, my light. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/i-thought-that-you-would-bring-everything-into-my-life-i-thought-you/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) > [Never look back to the past, never regret, even if there is emptiness ahead.' But I couldn't help it. Sometimes I would rather look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xiaolu-guo/never-look-back-to-the-past-never-regret-even-if-there-is-emptiness/) [Xiaolu Guo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xiaolu-guo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/person-imagine/xiaolu-guo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Person Imagine Quotes By Xiaolu Guo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you spend enough time reading someone else’s thoughts, after a while their thoughts begin to infect you. Your grasp on yourself becomes tenuous. Or you begin to see that you never were the essential you in the first place, Iona thinks to herself as she takes the bus back to Angel. 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