The classic sayings of Bai Wei, one of the four great female writers in China, are as follows:

1. I am a white rose in the mountains, deeply rooted in the rock and earth, neither fragrant nor beautiful, forged by wind, rain, thunder and lightning. The muscles and bones are stained by clouds and soaked in silver. I am a white rose in the mountains. My soul is as clear as water. I neither get drunk nor feel inferior. I am proud of others and strive for glitz. I am willing to be ashes for the noble.

2. If you can’t find that moment in your memory, you can only spend your whole life experiencing and enduring it.

3. Halfway through life, dreams cannot come true.

4. Reality becomes history, and past events cannot become dreams.

5. The only certainty at this moment.

6. No memory, no place of origin, and no future.

7. Continue writing now and piece together life.

8. The waves remain unchanged for thousands of years.

9. One day in a certain year, it seems that every day in my memory is responding.

10. I can’t find that moment in my memory.