Qiu Xiaolong Quotes & Sayings

What are you reading?" "Visual Basics." The answer did not fit the picture in his mind. But it should not be surprising, he thought. He, too, had been taking an evening class on Windows applications. — Qiu Xiaolong

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. — Qiu Xiaolong

When you wear the mask, the mask becomes you. — 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. — Qiu Xiaolong

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

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