Unassigned Rose

"Writing has a solemn silence. In scattered short sentences, there is audible silence, visible emptiness. As I speak, I renounce what has been said."

Chung Ling-ling's Life Notes: A re-collection and re-publication of "Born to Be Human" + "2018"

"The Rose That Belongs to No One" collects Chung Ling-ling's "Born to Be Human" and "Rosary 2018" (originally an untitled book), which were included as supplements with the literary magazine "Fleur des Lettres" in 2014 and 2018 respectively. "The Rose That Belongs to No One" explores themes such as life, love, family, and destiny. The book is divided into three parts: "The Illusion of Freedom," written in 2008; "Born to Be Human," written in 2014; and "A's Letters," "Love Fei Love God Until Death," "That Deep Scarlet," and "The Rose That Belongs to No One," written in 2018.

"In the autumn of 1948, I was born. But the fact of being human was not decided by me. The truth is that everyone's birth is beyond their control. This autumn, I will be sixty-four years old. At this age, one inevitably feels a myriad of emotions, wondering whether one should be thankful for having come into this world, or sighing and saying that it would have been better never to have been born. Now I think, it would have been better never to have been born."

"So, should we start anew, or end it here? It is said that after the declaration of the invalidity of self-narration, we are entering a new lyrical era. What is important here is no longer to understand, but to live."

"Anna knew that her existence was merely an illusion of freedom. It was for this reason that she came into this world."

"In the ecstasy of transcending one's own boundaries, it is as if one is at the center of a harmony, and genuinely believes that even if the object of love is illusory, the feeling of love is real. This sense of fulfillment embodies the characteristics of emotion without narration, description, or argumentation, and thus the language of emotion is not written, but comprehensive."