It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal.José Rizal
“Life is a gorgeous robe, crawling with lice.”
Writer · 1920 – 1995
Eileen Chang was a Chinese writer celebrated for her psychologically sharp fiction of love and war in 1940s Shanghai and Hong Kong, including Lust, Caution and Love in a Fallen City. She later lived in the United States.
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