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Ba Jin Quotes: "The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving equal rights for women."

The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving equal rights for women.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes."

Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.




Ba Jin Quotes: "Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon."

Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon.



Ba Jin Quotes: "With all my heart I beseech and beg my two hundred million female compatriots to assume their responsibility as citizens. Arise! Arise! Chinese women, arise!"

With all my heart I beseech and beg my two hundred million female compatriots to assume their responsibility as citizens. Arise! Arise! Chinese women, arise!




Ba Jin Quotes: "Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage."

Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage.



Ba Jin Quotes: "The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it."

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Autumn rain, autumn wind, they make one die of sorrow."

Autumn rain, autumn wind, they make one die of sorrow.




Ba Jin Quotes: "Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu."

Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.



Ba Jin Quotes: "No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth."

No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth.



Ba Jin Quotes: "My pen is alight and my body aflame. Until both burn down to ash, my love and my hate will remain here in the world."

My pen is alight and my body aflame. Until both burn down to ash, my love and my hate will remain here in the world.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small cog in the revolutionary machine. I wanted to be a human being with a voice."

Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small cog in the revolutionary machine. I wanted to be a human being with a voice.



Ba Jin Quotes: "English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural."

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.




Ba Jin Quotes: "The more you move, the stronger you'll grow."

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Indifference is the strongest contempt."

Indifference is the strongest contempt.



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

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



Ba Jin Quotes: "I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions."

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Studying is also important, but we must become humans first."

Studying is also important, but we must become humans first.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I don't think of myself as a dissident, and I'm more of an immigrant than an exile."

I don't think of myself as a dissident, and I'm more of an immigrant than an exile.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Men only know if you tell them. Even though you probably want them to just know, they won't."

Men only know if you tell them. Even though you probably want them to just know, they won't.



Ba Jin Quotes: "To me, my feelings and pride are important. Although I like you it's not enough to be used like that."

To me, my feelings and pride are important. Although I like you it's not enough to be used like that.



Ba Jin Quotes: "We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?"

We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?



Ba Jin Quotes: "You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me."

You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future."

Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.



Ba Jin Quotes: "People are just the same. They like me if they need me, but once I'm useless, they abandon me. To survive, I need to be useful"

People are just the same. They like me if they need me, but once I'm useless, they abandon me. To survive, I need to be useful



Ba Jin Quotes: "Boys don't mature. They just age. But aged boys know how to flow with a different destination, and to shine with different color."

Boys don't mature. They just age. But aged boys know how to flow with a different destination, and to shine with different color.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I miss her, but I don't want to see her."

I miss her, but I don't want to see her.



Ba Jin Quotes: "When you come to me, wear these. On a good day, prettily."

When you come to me, wear these. On a good day, prettily.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Those who greatly enlighten delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about enlightenment are sentient beings."

Those who greatly enlighten delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about enlightenment are sentient beings.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Enlightenment after all is to overcome delusion, by way of sensitizing practitioners to complexities and problems of the human situation."

Enlightenment after all is to overcome delusion, by way of sensitizing practitioners to complexities and problems of the human situation.



Ba Jin Quotes: "It's not free. I gave it to you so that you'd answer my calls right away."

It's not free. I gave it to you so that you'd answer my calls right away.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck."

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Nothing makes a person weaker than complicated thinking."

Nothing makes a person weaker than complicated thinking.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money."

Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Love does not solely belong to one person. No matter how hard you try, if the feeling is not mutual, it'll be fruitless."

Love does not solely belong to one person. No matter how hard you try, if the feeling is not mutual, it'll be fruitless.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing."

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer."

I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Dad, would the love end just because a person dies?"

Dad, would the love end just because a person dies?



Ba Jin Quotes: "I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough."

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.



Ba Jin Quotes: "It's fun watching people get jealous over imitation bags thinking it's real."

It's fun watching people get jealous over imitation bags thinking it's real.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy."

I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I have spent myself on all kinds of things ... I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written it badly."

I have spent myself on all kinds of things ... I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written it badly.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me."

I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Paradoxically, the more deeply one grows in enlightenment, the more clearly one discerns one's own frailties and limitations."

Paradoxically, the more deeply one grows in enlightenment, the more clearly one discerns one's own frailties and limitations.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior."

Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat."

Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Show him your soft side too. Being too pretty and smart... Guys don't like when a woman is better than a man."

Show him your soft side too. Being too pretty and smart... Guys don't like when a woman is better than a man.



Ba Jin Quotes: "I’d thought there’d be no winter in the desert, but winter arrived anyway—silently, suddenly."

I’d thought there’d be no winter in the desert, but winter arrived anyway—silently, suddenly.



Ba Jin Quotes: "Our stable and eternal verities are being challenged. There's a kind of postmodern breakdown in journalism. The breadth of information sources and the speed of transmission are growing"

Our stable and eternal verities are being challenged. There's a kind of postmodern breakdown in journalism. The breadth of information sources and the speed of transmission are growing



Ba Jin Quotes: "But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art."

But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art.