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Quotes by "Yiyun Li"

When the dead departed, they took away any falsehoods that they might have allowed us to believe while alive; we who are left behind have to embark on a different life, since the dead are no longer here to help us deceive ourselves.
— Yiyun Li
Tags: truth, lies, falsehoods, deception, death, dead, change
A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.
— Yiyun Li
Tags: time
Who among us dares to assert that our memories are not tainted by time, sweetest poison and bitterest antidote, untrustworthy ally, and reliable annihilator?
— Yiyun Li Dear Friend
Tags: time, memory
To kill time - an English phrase that still chills me: time can be killed but only by frivolous matters and purposeless activities. No one thinks of suicide as a courageous endeavor to kill time.
— Yiyun Li Dear Friend
Tags: time, suicide
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