Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing. (Ba Jin)

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.

Ba Jin

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