Love can't be waited for.

Author: Haruki Murakami
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Publish Date: 2005-04-30
Features: Love is a timeless topic for humanity. Whether it's emperors, generals, or commoners, they all pursue, adore, and cherish love with the same passion. Throughout the classic works of ancient and modern China and the world, countless love stories have lingered in people's hearts for thousands of years, leaving us sigh with regret and wonder. In China, there are love stories like Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies, where they live in a paradise-like love with the phrase, "You farm while I weave." There are the unbreakable vows of Li Longji and Yang Guifei, "In heaven, we wish to be a pair of birds flying side by side; on earth, we wish to be branches intertwined." There is the spiritual bond between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, the "Wood and Stone Predestined Love" from the banks of the Xianhe River. There is the tragic love between Lu You and Tang Wan, which left a lasting sorrow in history. In the West, there is the of Romeo and Juliet, the love that led to the guillotine for Sorin de Rênal, and the disastrous love of Helen of Troy, whose smile sparked the Trojan War.