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Ha Jin

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Ha Jin Quotes

Total quotes: 7

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Ha Jin

Birthname

Birthday: February 21, 1956

Educated At: Heilongjiang University

Nationality: People's Republic Of China, United States Of America

Occupations: Short Story Writer, University Teacher, Novelist, Writer, Poet

Total quotes: 7

“Oh, life was an ocean misery. There was no way to get out of the suffering except death. But he couldn't do that, not because he was a coward but because he had to take care of his family.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: Life, Death, Life And Death

“He realized anger was also a source of power, which the artist ought to convert into creative energy.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: Anger, Talent, Creativity, Creativity and Self-Expression, Creative Expression, creative inspiration, inspiration

“You just had a bad day. Keep practicing. Nothing is as easy as eating noodles.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: Keep Going, Never Give Up, Move Forward, Life, life advice, Dreams

“Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.”

— Ha Jin, Waiting: A Novel

Tagged: first lines of books

“My heart is like an atomic bomb, eager to blast everything.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: heart, Feelings, emotions, Love

“Everybody knows tranquility is the soil in which talent grows.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: Talent, Tranquility, ability, skill, Solitude, solitary, Life

“I took more courage to live than to die.”

— Ha Jin, In the Pond

Tagged: Life, life advice, Dying, Living

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