Ba Jin (1904-2005)
Ba Jin was a Chinese and Esperanto author. He wrote three original works in Esperanto. As a political activist he also wrote The Family in the 20th century. (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.”
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“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.”
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“I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.”
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“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.”
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“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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“I’ve lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Nor I, I don’t think there could be a situation like that. Love is shining and righteous; there’s nothing hidden about it. If a man ‘s heart is really ardent, how can he give the appearance of being cold and disinterested?”
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“Not yet. I don’t know what I’m so happy about. But it doesn’t matter whether Ma agrees or not. I can make my own decisions. I’m a person, the same as the rest of you.”
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“Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.”
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“Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country’s misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.”
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“You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can’t change it even if you kill me.”
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