Zu Shi

“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I really, really did enough to deserve it. But I don't want it anymore, I want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become. Something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow's sky.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

“你必须退让的时候，就必须退让。但在你必须选择机会前进的时候，必须前进。这是一种火候的拿捏，需要对自己的终极目标非常清醒，非常冷静，对支撑这种目标的理念非常清醒，非常冷静。只有你非常清楚地知道你的靶子在哪儿，退到一环，甚至脱靶都没有关系。环境需要你脱靶的时候，你可以脱靶，这就是运作的策略，但你不能失去自己的目标。” - 陈虻”
― 柴静, 看见

“My darling, I'm waiting for you — how long is a day in the dark, or a week? The fire is gone now, and I'm horribly cold. I really ought to drag myself outside but then there would be the sun. . . I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings and on writing these words. We die, we die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have entered and swum up like rivers, fears we have hidden in, like this wretched cave. We are the real countries, not the boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you will come and carry me out into the palace of winds. That's all I've wanted — to walk in such a place with you, with friends, on earth without maps...”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient