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title: "3 Sijie Dai Quotes - (ha-Sapah Ha-nodedet Shel Mar Moʾu)"
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# Sijie Dai

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Dai Sijie is a Chinese French author and filmmaker living in France since 1984. He writes in French.

## Quick Facts About Sijie Dai

Notable works ha-Sapah Ha-nodedet Shel Mar Moʾu

## About Sijie Dai

Dai Sijie is a Chinese French author and filmmaker living in France since 1984. He writes in French. His first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written in French, was a best seller and has been translated into more than 25 languages.

##  Quotes by Sijie Dai

> [“By the time we arrived the film had already started, and there was only standing room left behind the screen, where everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sijie-dai/by-the-time-we-arrived-the-film-had-already-started-and-there-was/)

Sijie Dai

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/sijie-dai-68352_backwards_by-the-time-we-arrived-the-film-had-alre_542827.png)

> [A woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sijie-dai/a-woman-s-beauty-is-a-treasure-beyond-price/)

Sijie Dai

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/sijie-dai-68352_beauty_a-woman-s-beauty-is-a-treasure-beyond-pr_2810558.png)

> [Without him (Jean-Christophe) I would never have understood the splendour of taking free andindependent action as an individual. Up until this stolen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sijie-dai/without-him-jean-christophe-i-would-never-have-understood-the/)

Sijie Dai

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/sijie-dai-68352_action_without-him-jean-christophe-i-would-neve_2828357.jpg)

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