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I finally understand that some roads can only be walked alone. Those who were invited to walk together may accompany you through the rainy seasons and years, but one day they will eventually scatter at some ferry terminal. Walking alone on the paths of the mortal world, green vines brush against your robes, and the blue clouds dampen your promises. Mountains and waters can forget each other; the sun and the moon can have nothing to do with each other. In those times, there is only one person’s quiet joy in the floating world, one person’s long-flowing happiness.
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It is said that worldly appearances are blurred, and we often lose ourselves in the misty sea of the world, while the lingering smoke of the mortal world always chokes us so that we dare not breathe freely. After thousands of sails have passed, looking back on those years, those pure dreams have long since drifted away. What is left of the years now is only a sight of desolation.
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Some say they love a city because someone they like lives in it. Actually, it is not so. Loving a city may be for a vivid landscape in the city, for a past story of childhood sweethearts, or for a familiar old house. Perhaps, it is simply for the city itself. Just like loving a person, sometimes no reason is needed—no cause, no romance—just love.
… (Selected quotes of Lin Huiyin follow)