May I ask if this paragraph is Zhang Ailing's? What book was that? I saw it, but I forgot the name. Thank you ~

A man and a woman had been together for four years. Other than the first happy year, the next three years were spent in quarrels and separation. It had been four years, but the two of them were still inseparable. This proved a fact:
Both of them loved each other deeply.
However, there were many kinds of love. This kind of love was one where no one was drowning in the pain of self-abuse and being abused. They needed each other and tortured each other.
If you can't make the other party happy, it's useless no matter how deep your love is. You want to take this bus, but this bus can't take you to your destination. You could squeeze into the bus, but you could only get off halfway. This is not the life you want. You can only watch this bus leave, and there is a person you once loved on the bus. Two people who loved each other might never be compatible, so they could only part ways at the train station.
Sometimes, we refuse to let go because we can't find a better one. But if you don't let go, how can you find a better one? Some love was destined to never reach the end. If a love only had past memories and not present warmth and future happiness, then why would we still torture each other? I don't mind pain, but I should at least get as much happiness as pain.

Answer 1

I'm not a true fan of Eileen Chang, and I don't know how to judge whether it's Eileen Chang's work based on the text. However, according to what I know, Zhang Ailing is a famous Chinese writer. Her representative works include Red Rose and White Rose, Aquilaria Fragrance, First Furnace of Incense, and so on. If you can find a book, please tell me the title of the book. I will try my best to help you.