My pen is alight and my body aflame. Until both burn down to ash, my love and my hate will remain here in the world. BA JIN Ashes
Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing. BA JIN EyeMoving
You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can’t change it even if you kill me. BA JIN FactsMe
I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace. BA JIN Burning
I am a person always full of contradictions… It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer. BA JIN Contradiction
Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country’s misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck. BA JIN
Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior. BA JIN Judging