Quotes

The three greatest things about mid-life: reunions, recoveries and false alarms.

——Bi Feiyu, author

中年最美好的三件事：久别重逢、失而复得、虚惊一场。

——作家毕飞宇

I often tell myself that although at the lowest position you cannot see the beauty of flowers as they bloom, you will never miss the romance of petals as they fall melodiously dancing in the wind.

——Ji Mi, cartoonist

我时常会告诉自己，虽然在最低的位置，看不到花朵绽放时的魅力，却不会错过花瓣飘落时在风中悠扬飞舞的浪漫。

——漫画家几米

Most people usually act one way when they are by themselves and act a totally different way when they are together with a group of people.

——Chen Zhongshi, author

人往往就是这样，一个人的时候是一种样子，好多人聚到一起时完全变成另外一种样子。

——作家陈忠实

No two rival tigers can exist on the same mountain, as the strong will often become rivals; whereas many sheep can coexist on the same mountain, for the weak can often become friends.

——Gui Jianxiong, fable author

一山不容二虎，强者常常会成为对手；一山能容多羊，弱者往往会成为朋友。

——寓言作家桂剑雄

If you can avoid gossiping, then it would be best not to gossip.If you don’t need to pry, then don’t pry.If you can avoid getting involved in speaking badly about someone behind their back, then don’t get involved.Let yourself be just like a sandy beach, which no matter how big the waves that come are, just softly crash against the sand and retreat little by little.Don’t be like a rock that evokes great splashes even when little waves come.

——Liu Yong, writer and painter

能不传话，最好不要传话；能不套话，最好不要套话；能不涉入“背后的批评”，最好不要涉入。让自己像沙滩，多大的浪来了，也只是轻抚着沙滩，一波波地退去。而不要像岩石，即使小小的浪，也要激起高高的水花。

——刘墉，美籍华人作家、画家