Death of a Red Heroine Quotes

“If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Al fin y al cabo, un hombre es sólo lo que ha decidido hacer o no hacer.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“El cielo o el infierno están en nuestra cabeza, no en las cosas materiales que poseemos.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“No son las personas las que hacen las interpretaciones sino las interpretaciones las que hacen a las personas.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Mientras pensamos en el presente, se está convirtiendo en pasado.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“After all, a man is only what he has decided to do, or not to do.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Erano gente comune, lui e Peiqin, grandi lavoratori che si accontentavano di poco. Una gena di granchi come quelli della serata passata li poteva rendere felici, eccitati, le piccole cose duravano a lungo per loro: un film nel fine settimana, una visita al Parco delle Meraviglie, la canzone di una nuova cassetta, o una felpa con Topolino per Qinqin. A volte lui si lamentava come tutti gli altri, ma in verità si considerava un tipo fortunato. Una moglie meravigliosa, uno splendido figlio. Cos'altro c'era di importante sulla faccia della terra?”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“L'histoire n'était pas une tache de sauce soja aisément essuyée par une serviette rose dans la main d'une jolie jeune fille comme celle qui le conduisait à présent à sa table, près de la grande porte-fenêtre.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Heaven or hell is in one’s mind, not in the material things one has in the world,”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn’t real.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“What are you reading?” “Visual Basics.” The answer did not fit the picture in his mind. But it should not be surprising, he thought. He, too, had been taking an evening class on Windows applications.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine