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1 " Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics. "
― Qiu Xiaolong , Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao #1)
2 " 407Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics. "
― Qiu Xiaolong
3 " The wind languished. The floral curtain ceased flapping. The moonlight streamed through, lighting up her face. It was a young, animated face. At that moment, it touched a string, a peg, deep inside him. "
4 " If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real. "
5 " Tripes, poumons, coeur de porc, etc., tout cela cuit à la vapeur avec du vin de riz. "
― Qiu Xiaolong , The Mao Case (Inspector Chen Cao #6)
6 " Al fin y al cabo, un hombre es sólo lo que ha decidido hacer o no hacer. "
7 " El cielo o el infierno están en nuestra cabeza, no en las cosas materiales que poseemos. "
8 " Un amico in un momento nero è un amico per davvero. "
― Qiu Xiaolong , Shanghai Redemption (Inspector Chen Cao #9)
9 " if you memorize three hundred Tang poems, you might be able to write a little. "
10 " According to our Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, people do not write well when they are happy. If you are content with life, you simply want to enjoy it. "
― Qiu Xiaolong , A Loyal Character Dancer (Inspector Chen Cao #2)
11 " Mientras pensamos en el presente, se está convirtiendo en pasado. "
12 " No son las personas las que hacen las interpretaciones sino las interpretaciones las que hacen a las personas. "
13 " I was reminded of a proverb: 'When a clay Buddha statue sails across the river, it can hardly protect itself. "
― Qiu Xiaolong , Enigma of China (Inspector Chen Cao #8)
14 " «Una mujer se embellece para el hombre que sabe apreciarla». "
― Qiu Xiaolong , Red Mandarin Dress (Inspector Chen Cao #5)
15 " What are you reading?” “Visual Basics.” The answer did not fit the picture in his mind. But it should not be surprising, he thought. He, too, had been taking an evening class on Windows applications. "
16 " Life is like the footprint left by a solitary crane in the snow, visible for one moment, and then gone. "
17 " In the final analysis, the cops work for the Party system, and private investigators work for their clients. That’s why even the term ‘PI’ is still taboo in the official media. "
18 " Among them, there was a glass bowl containing live shrimp immersed in white liquor. The drunken shrimp were still jumping, though less and less energetically. "
19 " If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn’t real. "
20 " L'histoire n'était pas une tache de sauce soja aisément essuyée par une serviette rose dans la main d'une jolie jeune fille comme celle qui le conduisait à présent à sa table, près de la grande porte-fenêtre. "
