The Banished Immortal Quotes

“床前明月光 疑是地上霜 举头望明月 低头思故乡 《静夜思》 Moonlight spreads before my bed. I wonder if it’s hoarfrost on the ground. I raise my head to watch the moon And lowering it, I think of home. “REFLECTION IN A QUIET”
― Ha Jin, The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai

“Buddha’s words are everywhere, in every sound of the universe.”
― Ha Jin, The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai

“summed up his principle of poetic composition this way: “Lotus flowers come out of limpid water, / Natural without any decoration.”
― Ha Jin, The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai