# Quote — Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

> I hadn’t suspected that a tiny glimmer of hope for the future could transform someone so utterly.

- Author: [Dai Sijie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie.md)
- Book: [Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress.md)
- Page: 82
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dai_Sijie#Balzac_and_the_Little_Chinese_Seamstress_(2000)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress/i-hadnt-suspected

## More from this book

> I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was the ultimate book: once you had read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look the same.

p. 117 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress/i-was-carried.md)

> We had been so unlucky. By the time we had finally learnt to read properly, there had been nothing left for us to read.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress/we-had-been.md)

> Four-Eyes’s parents probably wanted their son to be a writer. They must have thought it would be good for him to read books, even if he had to do so in secret.

p. 55 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dai-sijie/balzac-and-the-little-chinese-seamstress/four-eyess-parents-probably.md)