24 Quotes by Ji-li Jiang

My family was too precious to forget, and too rare to replace.

I thought about my beautiful dreams and wondered if they would drift away just like those lovely soap bubbles.

Many friends have asked me why, after all I went through, I did not hate Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution in those years. The answer is simple: We were all brainwashed.

If I can help Americans to understand China, and the Chinese to learn about the United States, even a little, I will feel very rewarded. I.

But we can’t allow personal matters to interfere with revolutionary duties. Especially for an important political assignment like the exhibition.

This is the most frightening lesson of the Cultural Revolution: Without a sound legal system, a small group or even a single person can take control of an entire country. This is as true now as it was then. Thirty.

The poor teachers! Trained in the traditional sciences, they were totally lost when trying to teach us about pigs or paddy fields.

What a terrible man, I thought, worse than a traitor. At least a traitor betrays people by telling the truth. Uncle Zhu tried to save himself by telling lies.

When I looked around me, fate seemed to be the only explanation for what was happening.