"I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace."

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Source : "Literary witness to century of turmoil". www.chinadaily.com.cn. November 24, 2003.

Ba Jin

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“When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to.”
“The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.”
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”
“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. Itâ€™s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that itâ€™s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that weâ€™ve been attaching to, often for years.”
“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”
“So often with beginning writers, the story that they want to start with is the most important story of their life - my molestation, my this, my horrible drug addiction - they want to tell that most important story, and they don't have the skills to tell it yet, so it ends up becoming a comedy. A powerful story told poorly becomes funny, it just makes people laugh behind their hands.”
“Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself.”
“This does not mean, of course, that we must think of waiting for the age of universal harmony.”

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