"Everything that happened in that land deserves to be told by a young God, with Hollywood-style glitz and bustle, perhaps the sound of Hannibal chewing people, and the constant light of candles in Lady Macbeth's bedroom all night long."
"But what I have experienced is only a small part of it, a relatively vulgar and boring part. I am just a misfit layman, its employee, not its master."
"But listen, you can't find a more human witness to Liuhe than me. Listening to any other related person's story is either a proud cheer or the silence of death. And the other related people will not say a word to you - it is best if you never see them in this life, so that humanity can be preserved."
"Do you understand? Let's get started."