"I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly."

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Gao Xingjian

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“It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.”
“Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesnt desire the man offering himself to her. Its the desire of a woman for a man who hasnt yet come to her, whom she doesnt yet know. Shes faithful to this stranger even before she belongs to him. Frigidity is the non-desire for whatever is not him.”
“Lord, You have told me who You are, You have in mercy revealed Yourself to me, I know You to be that blessed 'gift of God' which alone can save and satisfy my soul. The depth and compass of heavenly love are manifested in You, and You have shown me, not my need only, but the sufficiency of Your grace and power to meet it. I am an empty sinner, You are a full Christ!”
“Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.”
“The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.”
“Truth sits upon the lips of dying men, And falsehood, while I lived, was far from mine.”
“A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothingâ€”not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.”
“Unity is a spiritual quality. It's the sweet feelings of peace and purpose that come from belonging to a family. ... It's wanting the best for others as much as you want it for yourself. ... It's knowing that no one is out to harm you. It means you will never be lonely.”

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