Yiyun Li
"But the thing is, a wife is a wife and you can't ditch her like a worn shirt after a life."
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"But the thing is, a wife is a wife and you can't ditch her like a worn shirt after a life."
"ولكن الأمر أن الزوجة زوجة، ولا يمكنك التخلي عنها كقميص بالٍ بعد عُمر."
Yiyun Li
"She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself."
"تتساءل إن كان هذا ما يسميه الناس الوقوع في الحب، هذه الرغبة العارمة في أن تكون مع شخص ما في كل دقيقة من بقية حياتها، رغبة قوية لدرجة أنها تخاف من نفسها أحيانًا."
Yiyun Li
"To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday."
"لكي تكتب عن صراعٍ وسط المتصارعين: لا بد أن يأمل المرء أن ينتهي هذا التخبط يومًا ما."
Yiyun Li
"Being a mother must be the saddest yet the most hopeful thing in the world, falling into a love that, once started, would never end."
"أن تكوني أمًّا لا بدّ أن يكون أشدّ الأشياء حزنًا ومع ذلك أكثرها أملًا في العالم، الوقوع في حبٍّ ما إن يبدأ حتى لا ينتهي أبدًا."
Yiyun Li
"A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time."
Yiyun Li
"When the dead departed, they took away any falsehoods that they might have allowed us to believe while alive; we who are left behind have to embark on a different life, since the dead are no longer here to help us deceive ourselves."
Yiyun Li
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