"It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress."

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Source : "Exiled author Ma Jian banned from visiting China" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011.

Ma Jian

#Writing Quotes #Important Quotes #Able Quotes

“I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.”
“It was not I who was teaching my cat to gather rosebuds, but she who was teaching me.”
“There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.”
“No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.”
“When you see someone dying in front of you from a direct and simple cause, it's easier to deal with [that] than famine or drought or a more indirect cause. It's overwhelming and frightening and kind of distant, but we do see it every day with plants and animals and species dying.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Meditation is the antidote to all the poisons of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic nature.”
“I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding what's there waiting for you.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.
“Just because we can't sell shares in nature doesn't mean it has no value.”

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