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“A human being has only so much in them, and yet you must learn through experience, until you finally reach the maddening conclusion that the world wrote you off a long time ago, or accept the prison sentence that your crime is your existence. And the world keeps turning as if nothing had happened.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“She had tied me up with wire and left me to die. But when all was said and done, she wanted me to die in her arms. So before entering my dreams every night, she yanked the wire tight to make sure I was still there.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“On how to love well: Instead of embracing a romantic ideal, you must confront the meaning of every great love that has shattered, shard by shard.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“That guardedness was a by-product of my lifelong socialization, of other people labeling me and putting me in a box.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile