16 Quotes by Qiu Xiaolong

The wind languished. The floral curtain ceased flapping. The moonlight streamed through, lighting up her face. It was a young, animated face. At that moment, it touched a string, a peg, deep inside him.

407Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics.

If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.

Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics.

Si le damos la vuelta al nido ni un solo huevo quedará intacto, aunque puede que las grietas no sean visibles.

En este mundo nuestro, ocho veces de cada diez las cosas no salen según se había previsto, pero, como reza otro antiguo proverbio, ¿quién sabe si es buena o mala fortuna que el anciano de Sai pierda su caballo?

I was reminded of a proverb: 'When a clay Buddha statue sails across the river, it can hardly protect itself.

Mientras pensamos en el presente, se está convirtiendo en pasado.

No son las personas las que hacen las interpretaciones sino las interpretaciones las que hacen a las personas.