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1 " I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions. "
― Ha Jin
2 " Once you've done it with him, he won't abandon you. If he really loves you, if he's a man with a heart, he'll follow you wherever you go. If he doesn't, he isn't the man you want, is he? "
― Ha Jin , Waiting
3 " At home you could depend on your parents, but in America you are on your own and should make as many friends as you can . . . You don't know who may hold out a helpful hand in your hour of need. "
4 " But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art. "
― Ha Jin , The Writer as Migrant
5 " I would even argue that, for many displaced people, nostalgia is also blended with fear - the fear of uncertainty and of facing the challenges posed by the larger world and the fear of the absence of the clarity and confidence provided by the past. In essence, nostalgia is associated mostly with the experience of a particular type of migrants, namely, exiles. "
6 " We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages and competing with each other in casting curses. A few golden butterflies and dragonflies were fluttering around us. The afternoon air was warm and clean, and the town below us seemed like a green harbor full of white sails. "
― Ha Jin , Under the Red Flag
7 " You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat. "
8 " Indifference is the strongest contempt. "
― Ha Jin , A Good Fall
9 " You said, ‘Life is a tragedy, but its meaning lies in how we face the tragedy. "
― Ha Jin , A Free Life
10 " To witness is to make the truth known, but we must remember that most victims have no voice of their own, and that in bearing witness to their stories we must not appropriate them. "
― Ha Jin , War Trash
11 " Without answering, he pulled the comforter over his head. If only he could sleep a few days in a row. He felt sorry for himself and sick of everything. "
12 " Where should he go? He wanted to find a building out of which he could jump and kill himself. How about the temple? No, it only had two stories. Too low. How about the elementary school? No, his ghost might frighten the children if he died there, and people would condemn him. "
13 " He sat down in a corner and ordered half a pound of dumplings, which came in a white bowl with a blue rim. While he was eating, his memory was further revived and sharpened by the familiar taste of the stuffing, made of pork, leeks, cabbage, dried shrimp, ginger, sesame oil. Every bit of the memory became unmistakable now. "
― Ha Jin , Alive
14 " Buddha’s words are everywhere, in every sound of the universe. "
― Ha Jin , The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)
15 " 床前明月光 疑是地上霜 举头望明月 低头思故乡 《静夜思》 Moonlight spreads before my bed. I wonder if it’s hoarfrost on the ground. I raise my head to watch the moon And lowering it, I think of home. “REFLECTION IN A QUIET "
16 " To witness is to make the truth known, but we must remember that most victims have no voice of their own, and that in bearing witness to their stories we must not appropriate them "
17 " In short, he must be loyal only to his art. "
18 " summed up his principle of poetic composition this way: “Lotus flowers come out of limpid water, / Natural without any decoration. "
19 " relationship. Anyone who resented us being together could tattle on us. The world is never lacking in defenders of morality "
20 " Indifference is the strongest contempt "
