The Lost Century Quotes

“You need the truth to move on. Whereas my generation thought it was healthier to forget.”
― Larissa Lai, The Lost Century

“We didn’t speak of the events, just as many Chinese women did not, all driven by the powerful and intractable value of saving face”
― Larissa Lai, The Lost Century

“Yes, I know doctors like me are supposed to believe in reason. I believe in reason! That doesn’t mean I have to believe in it to the exclusion of everything else! Lots of Chinese people believe in more than one thing. I’m no different from the rest of my people”
― Larissa Lai, The Lost Century

“She understood that beauty was a kind of currency better than money, at least for women of our generation”
― Larissa Lai, The Lost Century

“They find the past unbearable, so they drive as hard as they can into the future without understanding how their ignorance of yesterday creates a miserable tomorrow”
― Larissa Lai, The Lost Century