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Wang Anyi

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow

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  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    Countless roads lie before them, but in the end all rivers flow into the sea.
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    This hope is a flower that bears no fruit, just as everything else is fruit without flowers.
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    On cloudless nights, the moon illuminates the entire room, not with daylight’s intense glare, but seemingly through a veil, bathing the room with a gentle radiance.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    Like the center of a pearl—which is actually a rough grain of sand—coarse sand is the material of which gossip is made.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    the world of rumor, fact cannot be separated from fiction; there is truth within lies, and lies within the truth.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    But, old school or new, gossip is always told in earnest—you could even say it is told in the spirit of truth.
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    is the time when rumors and gossip start to brew. It is a gloomy hour, when nothing is clear, yet it is enough to break the heart. Pigeons coo in their cages, talking their language of secret whispers.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    These rumors cling to the skin and stick to the flesh; they are not cold or stiff, like a pile of musty old books. Though marred by untruths, these are falsehoods that have feeling.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    What emerges from the front doors and balconies is a bit more proper—but it is still gossip. These rumors may not necessarily qualify as history, but they carry with them the shadows of time.
  • Kseniahas quoted4 years ago
    The rooftop ridges rise and fall, extending into the distance; viewed from the side, they form an endless mountain range, and from the front, a series of vertical summits. Viewed from the highest peak, they merge into one boundless vista that looks the same from all directions.
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