Two stories worthy of rediscovery: 酒徒 (The Drinker) and 對倒 (Tête-bêche).
「所有的記憶都是潮濕的。」
-from "Drunkard" 酒徒 by Liu Yichang 劉以鬯.
And opening intertitle of Wong Kar Wai's film 2046
He always longed for all that had past.
If he could shatter that dusty glass, he could walk back into those vanished years.”
-Liu Yichang / WKW
- Wong Kar Wai, on In the Mood for Love (interview with John Powers)