Quotes from Li Shang-yin

And a moment that ought to have lasted for everHas come and gone before I knew.

Literature endures like the universal spirit, And its breath becomes a part of the vitals of all men.

And a moment that ought to have lasted for ever Has come and gone before I knew.

When will I be home? I don't know. In the mountains, in the rainy night, The Autumn lake is flooded. Someday we will be back together again. We will sit in the candlelight by the West window. And I will tell you how I remembered you Tonight on the stormy mountain.

Time of meeting, time of parting, winds fade and flowers wait. Time drug until we met, even more in parting, Spring winds fade, but the flowers are waiting.