Grows Quote by Ha Jin

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow…

— Ha Jin

“You said, ‘Life is a tragedy, but its meaning lies in how we face the tragedy.”

— Ha Jin

When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs. By force,…

— Ha Jin

Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage.

— Ha Jin

“Where should he go? He wanted to find a building out of which he could jump and kill himself. How about the temple? No,…

— Ha Jin

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often…

— Ha Jin

“We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages and competing with each other in casting curses. A…

— Ha Jin

I don’t think of myself as a dissident, and I’m more of an immigrant than an exile,

— Ha Jin

No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth.

— Ha Jin

We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?

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You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.

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“Without answering, he pulled the comforter over his head. If only he could sleep a few days in a row. He felt sorry for…

— Ha Jin