Add ice to tears

Author: Yi Xiaoming
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Marriage is sleeping in the same position with the same man in the same bed for a lifetime; life is living in the same house until death; work is sitting in the same chair at the same company doing the same things every day until retirement. I always think love is... if you don't love, you'll never love, just like a piece of wood and a stone placed together—they won't burn even after a hundred years. Love, when it comes, is like fire—it sparks up instantly; it's not like water, which will always boil if you keep heating it slowly. There are many men in this world who move your heart, but they often pass us by. Lying on straw, lying under the moonlight, my mind is empty, even of love. I just feel it's great, really great, so great, knowing that I'm truly alive, living transparently and freely. Adding lemon to soda, adding ice to tears—what kind of taste can anyone truly understand. This short story collection is Yi Xiaoming's wise reflections on love, family, and friendship.