Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own … - Gao Xingjian

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At every instant and from every side, resounds the call of Love: We are going to sky, who wants to come with us? We have gone to Heaven, we have been the friends of the angels, And now we will go back there, for there is our country.

Gao Xingjian

Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.

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In the snow outside my window I see a small green frog, one eye blinking and the other wide open, unmoving, looking at me. I know this is God.

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I decided that I did not want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because these also exerted a kind of pressure, and obstructed absolute creative freedom.

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The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything.

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There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

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Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.

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