Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

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
Check all other quotes by Ba Jin

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ba Jin Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/My-pen-is-alight-and-my-body-394927>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ba Jin


You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.

You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.



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.



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

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



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.



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!



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.



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.



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

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



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.



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.





Other quotes you may like


Just as you are, come to Christ Jesus, He will change you, to what you ought to be.

Just as you are, come to Christ Jesus, He will change you, to what you ought to be.



She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head.

She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head.



I cried because I was so beautiful.

I cried because I was so beautiful.



As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'

As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'



Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.



I'm still walking around New York like a tourist staring up at all the skyscrapers. I wave at people, I shake hands, I help ladies with strollers.

I'm still walking around New York like a tourist staring up at all the skyscrapers. I wave at people, I shake hands, I help ladies with strollers.



I don't have a girlfriend. No, I don't. I haven't had a relationship in years, actually. But yeah, I'm still looking. It's kind of nice to be looking for a home at the same time.

I don't have a girlfriend. No, I don't. I haven't had a relationship in years, actually. But yeah, I'm still looking. It's kind of nice to be looking for a home at the same time.



You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play a dictator. So, you're an actor. You come up with whatever you come up with to play that part.

You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play a dictator. So, you're an actor. You come up with whatever you come up with to play that part.



To this day, I don't love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills.

To this day, I don't love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills.



And it rained a fever. And it rained a silence. And it rained a sacrifice. And it rained a miracle. And it rained sorceries and saturnine eyes of the totem.

And it rained a fever. And it rained a silence. And it rained a sacrifice. And it rained a miracle. And it rained sorceries and saturnine eyes of the totem.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "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.". Author of this quote is Ba Jin. This quote is about love, body, ashes, hate, world,.