No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not underst — Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not underst — Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not underst — Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not underst — Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not underst — Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
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No matter how revolutionary people were, he said, they could not live without books. Without books, we would not understand the world; without books, we could not develop; without books, nature could not serve humanity.

— Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
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