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Twentieth Century Shanghai Quotes

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Twentieth Century Shanghai Quotes

“Here is a fantasy land purchased at the price of loneliness and relinquished youth.”

Loneliness Girlhood Twentieth Century Shanghai

Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

“For Shanghai women old clothes are the shells they shed during their metamorphoses. Their age is shown through their clothing; but the heart lying beneath the garments sometimes forgets to grow up.”

Age Fashion Womanhood Clothing Shanghai Twentieth Century Shanghai

Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

“What moves you about the longtang of Shanghai stems from the most mundane scenes: not the surging rush of clouds and rain, but something steadily accumulated over time. It is the excitement of cooking smoke and human vitality. Something is flowing through the longtang that is unpredictable yet entirely rational, small, not large, and trivial—but then even a castle can be made out of sand. It has nothing to do with things like “history,” not even “unofficial history”: we can only call it gossip.”

History Gossip Shanghai Twentieth Century Shanghai Longtang

Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai