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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.

"Literary witness to century of turmoil". "China Daily", November 24, 2003.

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

"Pioneers of Modern China : Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese". Book by Khoon Choy Lee, 2005.

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

"Literary witness to century of turmoil". www.chinadaily.com.cn. November 24, 2003.

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

"Chinese Modern Literature Laureate Expected to Become Centenarian". en.people.cn. August 13, 2001.