Zhuli’s friend and fellow music student at the Conservatory. Also the child of “counterrevolutionaries,” Tofu identifies with Zhuli’s fear at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, and the two of them decide to practice a Western composition together. At one point, Tofu rescues Zhuli from being attacked by a mob of violent students. Also during this time, Zhuli’s friend and fellow student Kai (now a member of the Red Guard) leads a raid on Tofu’s home. Decades later, when Li-ling is in Shanghai looking for evidence of her friend Ai-ming, who has disappeared, she meets up with Tofu Liu. Tofu survived the Cultural Revolution and he is able to give Li-ling information about Kai, Li-ling’s father. He also connects her to Yiwen, a friend of Ai-ming’s. At the end of the novel, Tofu plays an old piano composition of Sparrow’s for a small audience including Li-ling, Yiwen and her daughter, and the Old Cat (Ai-ming’s great-aunt).
Tofu Liu Quotes in Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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Chapter 7
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If some people say what is in their hearts and other people say what glides easily off the tongue, how can we talk to one another? We will never find common purpose, I believe in the Party, of course, and I don’t want to lose faith. I will never lose faith…
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Tofu Liu Quotes in Do Not Say We Have Nothing
The Do Not Say We Have Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Tofu Liu or refer to Tofu Liu. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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If some people say what is in their hearts and other people say what glides easily off the tongue, how can we talk to one another? We will never find common purpose, I believe in the Party, of course, and I don’t want to lose faith. I will never lose faith…
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