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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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We cannot forget what had happened and history should not repeat itself.

Pioneers of Modern China : Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese (2005)

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

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.

The battle to save life is still going on.

Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat.

Pioneers of Modern China : Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese (2005)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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