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…

— 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…

— Wu Ming-Yi

“ll life must feel pain in the face of death. To live without ain is to live without dignity.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Wu Ming-Yi

“Life is sometimes a trade-off.”

— 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…

— Wu Ming-Yi

“Sometimes death is payback. At other times, it's just farewell, not owing anyone anything.”

— Wu Ming-Yi

“..only if you go to places nobody's ever been can you see the colours nobody's ever seen.”

— Wu Ming-Yi

“Perhaps because I don't think he can completely understand me, I often feel like talking to him.”

— Wu Ming-Yi

“Sometimes things haven't gone away, it's just that we can't see them.”

— 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…

— Wu Ming-Yi