“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?”

— Mo Yan , book Red Sorghum

Source: Red Sorghum: A Novel of China (1986/1987)

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Chinese novelist 1955

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