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“ If you're trapped in a room, and nobody is coming to save you, what can you do? You have to bang on the walls and break the windows. You have to climb out and save yourself. It's obvious, Li-ling, that crying doesn't help a person live. ”

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The present is all we have, yet it is the one thing we will never learn to hold in our hands.

~ Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien Mindfulness Philosophy Presence

I wondered: what happens when a hundred thousand people memorize the same poem? Does anything change?

~ Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien Hope Poetry Revolution

What happens when a hundred thousand people memorize the same poem? Does anything change?

~ Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien China Hope Poetry Revolution

Was there anyone in this world who could taste something delicious-economic freedom and political reform-a taste that was salty and fattening and sweet and promising, and only be satisfied with one mouthful? Who would wait patiently for nearly a billion people to also have a taste? No, anyone would try to get a second mouthful, a third, a whole bowl for themselves.

~ Madeleine Thien

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