Quote of the day: Merry Old China

© Silvia Sartori. Hainan, maggio 2010.

"Amidst wars and pestilence,
surrounded by her poor children and grandchildren,
Merry Old China quietly sips her tea and smiles on,
and in her smile I see her real strength."


- LIN Yutang, 'My country, my people' (1935)