"This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative book."

-- Koji Nakanishi

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“There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly.”
“The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.”
“Could I ask if thereâ€™s anything in between Step One and Step Two? â€˜Oh ye of little faith.â€™”
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.”
“You start to learn that democracies don't work when it comes to artistic expression. You learn that if you don't handle your business, someone else is going to handle it and be sneaky about it, and put an extra dollar in their pocket. You learn all sorts of things you take to your next relationship. You're constantly learning about what you don't want to do, first and foremost, which leads you to what you do want to do.”
“True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.”

Source : Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.219
“The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together.”
“I used to know Jennifer Love Hewitt. We lived in the same apartment building when I was about... jeez, I guess it was when I was doing 'Christmas Vacation', so I was about 13 or 14.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 24, 2010.

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