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In the Pond

National Book Award-winner Ha Jin's arresting debut novel , In the Pond, is a darkly funny portrait of an amateur calligrapher who wields his delicate artist's brush as a weapon against the powerful party bureaucrats who rule his provincial Chines

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

— Ha Jin, amazon.com

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

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

— Ha Jin, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, life advice, Dying, Living

“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, amazon.com

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, amazon.com

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

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

— Ha Jin, amazon.com

Tagged: heart, Feelings, emotions, Love

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

— Ha Jin, amazon.com

Tagged: Talent, Tranquility, ability, skill, Solitude