Little Mushroom Quotes

“He is the one who judges me.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“At least, the moment Lu Feng put his gun into An Zhe's backpack, within the eons, there was once such second—in that second, the Arbiter left his pistol to a xenogenic, forsaking his lifelong beliefs to love him.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Upon this ancient desert, only the two of them remained. With a muffled thump, the gun fell to the ground. Lu Feng closed his eyes and held An Zhe tightly in his arms.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“I want to see him, sir. I want to see him. I don't regret leaving him, but I... I regret it so much.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He was afraid of losing this person in his arms, as though... as though by losing him, he would lose everything.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Kindness… kindness is humankind's most notable weakness," Pauli said. "Kindness to oneself is the starting point of selfish desires, and kindness to others is the cause of wavering belief. I couldn't achieve complete indifference or true neutrality, so I was not a qualified Arbiter”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“I don't hate you," he said.
A long silence.
"Why?" Lu Feng's slightly raspy voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"What... do you mean, why?" he asked.
"Why can you..."—Lu Feng looked at him—"always forgive me?"
(...)
"I understand you," he said.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“While looking at the spore, Lu Feng murmured, "He was a mushroom." His voice was hoarse, but it seemed to contain endless compassion and tenderness. "He was just a… little mushroom.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“I used to suffer for the trials," Lu Feng said. "Now, losing him is my only suffering.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Pretending that all was well seemed to be a skill unique to humankind, and he had learned it.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“In fact, humans are not different from the monsters of the outside world. It's just that because of the brain's flexibility, they give their various actions self-deluding meanings. Humans are just one kind of ordinary animal. They are born like all other lives, and they are also on the cusp of extinction just like all other lives.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“... You aren't afraid of me?"
(...)
"Why would I be?”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“haven't bedded him." The doctor stared straight at him. "Then you disappoint me even more than An Zhe.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Perhaps the day they met was the beginning of the world's most absurd story.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“An Zhe held out his hand, and a hexagonal snowflake landed on his finger. The beautiful shape gradually lost its form amidst his skin's warmth and drew in upon itself to form a crystalline droplet of water.
"I've known you all for only three months," he said. "But this is my whole lifetime."
The wind grew louder, and thousands of snowflakes blew into the corridor like willow catkins carried aloft by the spring wind. An Zhe looked up. He thought that everything from the forgotten past was unfolding before his eyes and dispersing into twinkling fragments.
The tempestuous storm subsided, the waves and undercurrents simultaneously ceasing to flow. He couldn't describe it as sad, nor was it anywhere close to being happy. He only felt that the snow was beautiful.
The joys and sorrows throughout his life,the meetings and partings, were just like the births and deaths of all the tangible things in this world. They were all ephemeral snowflakes.
"Are you cold?"
"Not anymore."
He memorized the shape of that snowflake, and in that second he obtained eternity.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He suddenly got it.
It was impossible for someone to completely understand another person, but humans have always been trying to understand each other.
This was also a type of joy, like being drenched by the same rain.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He knew that the base had no medicine, and he knew that humankind had reached its end.  But they were also truly everlasting.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“The world was so vast, and Lu Feng had insisted on going to the Abyss. The Abyss was so big, and he had insisted on going to those open plains to roll around. They were originally not meant to meet.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Compared to illnesses or injuries, the fixed lifespan of a creature was something even more inexorable. The end was determined from the moment of birth. Nobody could step over that threshold, the threshold set by God—if God truly existed.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He tried to have Lu Feng move into the room next door, but Lu Feng expressionlessly told him, If you don’t want to share a room with me, you can continue sleeping in the tank of nutrient solution.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Between an Arbiter trusting a xenogenic or a xenogenic trusting an Arbiter, it was hard to say which was more absurd—no matter what reason they had. Perhaps the day they met was the beginning of the world's most absurd story. But in the darkness, neither of them could clearly see the other's face. In this place that was isolated from the world, in this moment that nobody knew of, it seemed as though regardless of what one did, it would not matter. Everything would be forgotten, and everything would be tacitly agreed to. While listening to An Zhe's soft breathing, Lu Feng closed his eyes.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He had met many people who all wanted to tell him stories, as though hidden inside every single person's heart were pasts worth looking back upon.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“In the silence, it was unclear if Lu Feng was driven by some emotion or it was just a subconscious action when he hugged An Zhe from behind. Lu Feng's arm pressed down against An Zhe's, and An Zhe stirred. He had planned to move his arm downward but there was nowhere he could put it, so he moved it back up a little and rested his fingers on Lu Feng's forearm, just like how he used to curl his hyphae around nearby rocks or tree trunks.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Xi Bei looked so gentle and friendly, An Zhe did not expect him to also be a mushroom-killing murderer. But he had no choice but to become a mushroom-eating accomplice.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“He was forever perfect and cold-hearted.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“Em ấy là đấng phát xét tôi.”
― 一十四洲, Cây Nấm Nhỏ – Tập 2

“Lu Feng thought this and had to ask, "...Aren't you afraid of me?"
An Zhe was questioned and slowly opened his eyes, In the dim light, his eyes seemed to be covered with a soft and beautiful mist. It had only been a short time since he seemed to have fallen asleep and his voice was sullen. "What should I be afraid of?”
― 一十四洲, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“The original road, the road he had firmly committed to memory—was no more.
Surrounded by mushrooms and dead trees, he looked at the sky in despair. He didn't know. He didn't know that things would be so—so merciless.
Lu Feng was right. He had no idea how big the world was.
He couldn't possibly find it, unless his life was as long as eternity itself. But he was a mushroom, his existence ephemeral.
He was destined to die while searching for that cave.
Nothing in the world lasted forever.
Not even the very first promise.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“But I can't love him, and he can't love me," An Zhe murmured.
"Unless—unless the day comes when humankind falls. But I hope that day will never come." In that moment, an assured tranquility enveloped him.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations

“An Zhe asked, "What will it be like in the end?" "I don't know." Pauli shook his head slowly. "Living and non-living things will mix together, all tangible things will change, and all of time and space will bend. Everything will take on another appearance that we're unable to understand. There's only one thing that's certain." An Zhe waited for him to finish. "We will all die," he said.”
― Shisi, Little Mushroom: Revelations