Quotes from Ba Jin

I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace.

I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.

Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.

My pen is alight and my body aflame. Until both burn down to ash, my love and my hate will remain here in the world.

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.