Excerpts

1.

My surname has been "money" all my life, am I still superstitious about money?

—— Qian Zhongshu's "The Besieged City"

2.

Some so-called seminars are actually inviting some unscrupulous people, eating some dirty meals, and spending some unknown money. Free money, some innocuous words, and a nondescript meeting!

——Qian Zhongshu's "The Besieged City"

3.

We can not only imagine that the grapes that cannot be picked are sour, but also very likely to imagine that they are sour. It's extremely sweet.

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

4.

A person who is not crazy at the age of 20 will have no future; If you are still crazy at your age, you will have no future.

——Qian Zhongshu "Fortress Besieged"

5.

There are only two kinds of people in the world. For example, if a bunch of grapes are given, one kind of person will pick the best ones and eat them, while the other kind of person will save the best ones for last. As usual, the first kind of person should be an optimist, because every time he eats a grape, he is eating the best of the leftover grapes; while the second kind of person should be a pessimist, because every time he eats a grape, he is eating the worst of the leftover grapes. But the reality is just the opposite. The reason is that the second type of people still have hope, while the first type of people only have memories.

——Qian Zhongshu "Fortress Besieged"

6.

If you eat an egg and think it tastes good, why bother to see the one that laid the egg? Where's the hen?

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

7.

Love is as greedy as fire, will spread in the same way, and will spread in the same way. The cruelty of time destroys the strong material of the prison and exchanges the ashes for light and enthusiasm. The erosion of friendship by time is like water flowing through a stone, but it washes it smooth and clean.

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

8.

Old people falling in love is like an old house on fire, there is no way to save it.

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

9.

If you love a woman, you should love her dog. If you sincerely make friends, you should forget your friends' faults.

——Qian Zhongshu's "The Besieged City"

10.

The people surrounded by the city want to escape, and the people outside the city want to rush in. Be it marriage or career, most of the wishes in life are like this.

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"