It is the illusion of all lovers to think themselves unique and their words immortal. Han Suyin More Quotes by Han Suyin More Quotes From Han Suyin There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. Han Suyin strengthwittyinspirational Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. Han Suyin truthhurtlife I had to learn that there is more to the human being than material comfort, more than success, more even than national spirit or patriotism. That in any being worthy of being human there is also a demand for justice, for liberty, and that justice needs the evidence of all our lives, liberty is one and indivisible and collective, and no one can talk of justice solely for expediency's sake, nor of liberty while human beings, anywhere else on earth, are still in bondage. Han Suyin libertyfreedomjustice There is nothing in the world stronger than gentleness. Han Suyin gentlenessstrongerworld Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. Han Suyin solitudelovetwo Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did. I have no illusions on this score, nor do I believe that any Asian nation or African nation, in the same state of dominance, and with the same system of colonial profit-amassing and plunder, would have behaved otherwise. Han Suyin dominanceracebelieve All humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternal aloneness. Han Suyin frightenedsolitudehumans This is Malaya. Everything takes a long, a very long time, in Malaya. Things get done, occasionally, but more often they don't, and the more in a hurry you are, the quicker you break down. Han Suyin asiadonelong Goldfish are flowers ... flowers that move. Han Suyin goldfishflowermoving Sadness is so ungrateful. Han Suyin ungratefulsadness We are all products of our time, vulnerable to history. Han Suyin our-timevulnerableproducts People never think about words, they only feel them. Han Suyin feelspeoplethinking No single crisis shapes a generation; but a succession of events, each one bringing its shaping blows to bear. Han Suyin generationseventsblow People bring to what they see and feel, the inner weather of their souls and complexion of their minds. Han Suyin soulweatherpeople Love can never explain the loved one, my dear. It is the essence of wild unreason. Han Suyin dearloved-onesessence With some people there is such a thing as the habit of betrayal. Han Suyin infidelitybetrayalpeople I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time? Han Suyin emotionhateyears Persecution matures young rebels. Han Suyin persecutionrebelyoung Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome. Han Suyin eventsoutcomesdifferent A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings. Han Suyin burialdoingsfamily
