Sanmao
Chinese (Taiwanese) · 1943–1991
Taiwanese writer and traveler whose vivid accounts of life in the Sahara Desert and wandering the world enchanted Chinese-speaking readers.
Wikipedia ↗“一个人至少拥有一个梦想，有一个理由去坚强。心若没有栖息的地方，到哪里都是在流浪。”
Chinese
“A person must have at least one dream, one reason to be strong. If the heart has no place to rest, wherever you go is wandering.”
“我笑，便面如春花，定是能感动人的，任他是谁。”
Chinese
“When I smile, my face is like a spring flower, surely able to move anyone, no matter who.”
“读书多了，容颜自然改变，许多时候，自己可能以为许多看过的书籍都成了过眼云烟，不复记忆，其实他们仍是潜在的。”
Chinese
“When you read enough, your appearance naturally changes. Often you may think the books you have read have all become fleeting clouds, no longer remembered, but in truth they remain latent within you.”
“如果有来生，要做一棵树，站成永恒，没有悲欢的姿势。”
Chinese
“If there is a next life, I want to be a tree, standing in eternity, with no gestures of sorrow or joy.”