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To Live
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"To Live" Quotes

Spanning decades of Chinese history, "To Live" follows the life of Fugui as he endures personal tragedy and societal upheaval.

Quotes

A man is supposed to be the master of his own destiny, and I am going to make sure that I am.

Yu Hua

destinydetermination

Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and it’s sucked every second so far, it probably isn’t going to get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile.

Yu Hua

lifehope

If you're determined to take revenge on someone, you must be prepared to carry it through to the end.

Yu Hua

revengedetermination

When you can’t change a situation, you’re forced to change your attitude towards it.

Yu Hua

attitudeadaptation

It’s no good trying to get rid of your albatross; it’s the price you have to pay for being human.

Yu Hua

sufferinghumanity

I didn’t want to die; I wanted to live. But I was caught in a trap, and the only way I could escape was by dying.

Yu Hua

lifesacrifice

A person can only become a person through suffering.

Yu Hua

sufferinggrowth

I could see that in the end, the only thing holding the world up was the sheer willpower of those who lived in it.

Yu Hua

willpowerresilience

Life is a journey, and most of us are just passengers.

Yu Hua

lifeperspective

Some people are like a river that no matter how you try to dam it, it continues to flow.

Yu Hua

persistenceresilience