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Dragons Quote by Ken Liu

“Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines -…” quote by Ken Liu — Download Open image

“Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical reality.”

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“A memory is a re-creation, precious because it is both more and less than the original.”

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Almost all of my stories can be understood to be elaborations on our drive to remake the world and our adjustments to the result.

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“Dad and I went on walking, our shadows touching.”

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“I can only wish that someday you’ll also be pestered by a student as persistent to learn what you do not wish to teach.”

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“Surveillance is surveillance. I can never understand why some people think it matters whether it's the government doing it to you or a company.”

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I shopped with G-Dragon a long time ago but now that we live together, I can't buy clothes with him.

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