"Idiosyncratical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... family-centered and accustomed to subordinating their individual inclinations to the requirements of family and neighborhood. But beyond these established frameworks they have been individualistic and highly idiosyncratic at all times. Under the communist regime, however, the government is omnipresent, and people must toe the official line. One senses the tragedy that affects well-known scholars, writers and poets, who must degrade themselves, their work, their past and their families in order to survive. ...
— A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] • Wolfram Eberhard |
