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Li Ang
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“... people commit suicide for only one reason — to escape torment.”
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“Many a pair of curious ears had been lured by that well-timed pause.”
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“You can't get tender shoots from a rotten bamboo stalk.”
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“With her skin deeply tanned by constant exposure to the sun, she had the shriveled appearance of a wind-dried shrimp.”
Li Ang, Taiwanese writer, feminist
(1952)
Real name: Shih Shu-tuan.