“I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was the ultimate book: once you had read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look the same.” WorldLooksBookPagesUltimateStreamsPouringCarried Away Author:Sijie Dai
“It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.” WorldWellsChildrenPoliticalDesirePovertyRegimesWell Dressed Book:Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Source: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
“Without him (Jean-Christophe) I would never have understood the splendour of taking free andindependent action as an individual. Up until this stolen encounter with brains had been incapable of graspingthe notion of one man standing up against the whole world...................To me it was the ultimate book: once youhad read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look the same.” MenWorldLooksBookWholeActionIndividualBrainUnderstoodStandingUltimateNotionWhole WorldEncountersOne ManIncapableStolenSplendour Author:Sijie Dai
