Run Wild Quotes

“Nobody could do whatever they wanted. Not Gu Fei, and not himself. The same way he didn't want to stay in Li Baoguo's house, or this unfamiliar, run-down city; the way he didn't want the life set out before him, but had no choice but to face it.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Don't psychoanalyze me," Gu Fei said. "You've been doing it for two years and you haven't been right once.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Are you bringing these people as your teammates, or as your cheerleaders?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Wang Xu glanced at the guys beside him, then glared back at Jiang Cheng. "What, you scared?"
"Cheerleaders are fine by me," Jiang Cheng said, sizing them up as he approached. "But if they're going to fight, then you better get the order straight among yourselves first.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Of course, it only made sense that people he didn't care about didn't care about him, either. But it depressed him all the same.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Change was always so gradual. It was only when you woke up to it that you realized everything was different.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Wang Xu called you fussy." Gu Fei said, watching.
"Yeah," said Jiang Cheng. "What, you want to back him up on that?"
"I do. You really are difficult. Are you trying to show how strong and independent you are?"
Jiang Cheng sighed. With the bottle of rubbing alcohol in his hand, he looked at Gu Fei.
“I’m afraid you won’t know how to hold back—that’s how you play basketball.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Hi, my name is Jiang Cheng, and I don’t really like it when people touch me. Because I like men, I especially don’t like to be touched by them.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“All this time, he'd been despondent, and unable to understand or accept his situation. He was even angry and resentful. It was only now, laying eyes on these cast-away things, that he felt hurt.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“If he’d grown up here for the past seventeen years, would he have ended up just like them? His temper, so quick that it could flare from a single touch, and his drawn-out rebellious phase – were they hereditary? Was it all written in his genes?

Maybe his rebellious phase wasn’t a phase. Maybe it was a terrifying part of his very nature.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“You've sure got a mouth on you."
Jiang Cheng plastered a large, fake smile on his face. "You can keep yours shut if it can't keep up. There's no point in arguing, anyway.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“He'd only known Gu Fei for the latter half of the winter break and the first half of a semester, but one drink and he'd gone crazy, kissing the guy on the cheek...”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“He'd always thought crying was pointless, but ever since he got here in winter break, he occasionally felt so bottled up that he wanted to cry it all out.
Someday, he thought, he'd have to find a deserted corner just to let loose and give himself a good, violent cry.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“It was a law of the universe that if you ran into a red light, you'd get red lights the entire way. It didn't matter whether you sped up or slowed down—they’d still be red.
They should've added a second part: If you embarrass yourself in front of someone, you'll always embarrass yourself whenever you see him. No matter how impossible you'd think it would be, or how carefully you tried to avoid it, your dignity just didn't belong to you.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“He sounded really pitiful."
"You pity everyone," Gu Fei said.
Jiang Cheng glanced askance at him. "Mm-hm. You seem rather pitiful to me, too.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“It might've been the alcohol, but being in such close proximity to Gu Fei made him feel like the tension in the air was thick enough to cut with a knife.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Get inside," Gu Fei glanced at him, then started walking back to the store. "Aren't you cold?"
"Who was that?" Jiang Cheng exclaimed, having recovered his wits. "You're just going to leave him there? What if he freezes to death?"
"Then I'll just kill you." Gu Fei laughed. "No witnesses that way.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Jiang Cheng felt a sudden chill run down his spine. With moves like that, it was entirely plausible that Gu Fei could have killed someone before.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Jiang Cheng suddenly felt like there was a powerful force screaming inside him, compelling him to write a novel, the title of which would be "King of Tropes: The Proud Owner of Every Coincidence on This Planet.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Three things," Jiang Cheng said.
Wang Xu looked at him, not quite comprehending what he just said.
"One: get down," Jiang Cheng said as he stuck out an index finger. He then proceeded to put up another finger.
"Two: the one who started it is always the jackass."
Wang Xu finally reanimated. He glared at Jiang Cheng and was about to say something when Jiang Cheng cut him off and held up a third finger.
"Three: just tell me how you want to resolve this. If all you're going to do is keep blabbing on, then I concede.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Jiang Cheng didn't know what he wanted out of a fight with Gu Fei—he just wanted to lash out, to tear into someone, to pitch himself forward and break free from the chains on his body that he couldn't see, touch, or understand.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Surprisingly, Jiang Cheng's first thought when he found out his rib wasn't broken was: Great, it won't affect the basketball tournament. He was astounded by his strong sense of team spirit.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Sometimes, Gu Fei was too scared to let himself think. He was afraid of facing the truth that, in his heart of hearts, he'd once wished so ardently for the man's death—and to this day, given a second chance, he'd still want him dead.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“In a place that did not belong to him before he came and would not give him a sense of belonging now that he was here, he needed something that was his. Something that made him feel grounded. But these were things that Li Baoguo wouldn't understand, and Jiang Cheng couldn't make him.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“There was no way for Gu Fei to understand how Jiang Cheng felt right now. The air about him was so fundamentally different from the people who grew up here. Gu Fei couldn't begin to imagine how such a person would feel in an environment like this, with a..."father" like that.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“He got drunk, so he ran wild.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“They're fine on the court, but off it, who knows what they'll do? That's what makes it annoying."
"So are you going to play or not?" Jiang Cheng asked. "Now i'm getting annoyed. Try, my ass—if you’re gonna play, play. If not, just fucking forget it."
"All right then," Gu Fei said. "If you're in, so am I.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“Jiang Cheng, I notice you and Gu Fei coordinate well in basketball. You must be close off the court too, right?"
"...It's just basketball. Anyone who can play knows how to coordinate.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“He felt a loneliness he couldn't put into words.
He couldn't go back to his old life, nor could he fit into his current one. He was drifting on the outskirts of everything unfamiliar, without family, without friends, and without a place he could stay and feel secure. It was as if his entire being was suspended in mid-air.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“The edges of Jiang Cheng's mental image of Gu Fei suddenly went fuzzy: a guy who carried sweets in his pocket, knew how to knit woolen hats, and committed murder—patricide, no less...”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

“I've been cleaning my own wounds since I was four." Gu Fei took the bottle from his hand and poured alcohol onto the cotton. "I'm an old hand.”
― Wu Zhe, Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1