Ballad of Sword and Wine Quotes

“What is taught in words can easily slip away; only painful experience confers real wisdom.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“Xiao Chiye looked at the waves of billowing grass at the other end; it was like a never-ending torrent. The so-called sorrow of parting and joy of reunions of every single person out there was merely a fleeting moment in the timelessness of the universe. In just the blink of an eye, it would disintegrate, and from then on, all would be silent, every vestige of it gone.
An encounter was truly a very precious thing.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“In this world, someone has to be the traitor. I don’t believe fate is determined by the heavens.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“My ambition is not to be a gentleman, nor a good person. Since vindictiveness has becomethe tenet I live by, then a kindness given is kindness given, and a wrong done is a wrong done.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“When it comes to humans, even heaven can’t reach a verdict until the end.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2

“even a dragon can’t defeat a snake in its own garden.”
― Tang Jiu Qing, Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2