"In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved."

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Source : Dai Sijie (2009). “Once on a Moonless Night”, p.59, Random House

Sijie Dai

#Book Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Stories Quotes

“A Hospital is no place to be sick.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.”
“It's not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Managing perfect body weight is not a complicated rocket science. Our body is made up of food which we eat during our day to day life. If we are overweight or obese at the moment then one thing is certain that the food which we eat is unhealthy.”
“What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.”

Source : "Fatou Bensouda: “We Are Not Against Africa”". Interview with Mercy Eze, newafricanmagazine.com. September 11, 2012.
“My father's a character.”
“When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life.”

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