"We are not seven, we are one. We are bulletproof."
我们不是七个人,我们是一体的。我们是防弹的。
做官的人应为肩负天下重任而养身,而不是为私家小利惜身。省却嗜好欲念,减除烦恼忧虑,戒除愤怒,节制饮食,这就是养身。计较得失利益,规避辛劳哀怨,营造住宅房舍,以妻子儿女为重,这就是惜身。养生的人,不妄为而大方;惜身的人,腥膻而琐碎。
"O escritor é um eterno insatisfeito, sempre em busca da palavra perfeita."
【译文】 孔子说:“品质恶劣的人,忍受不了贫穷,享受不了快乐。仁者安仁,智者利仁。”
I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the 'what happens,' but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do this best, for me.