One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences

One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences is a novel written by Liu Zhenyun from 2006 to 2008. It was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011.

It depicts the futility of a search for love among a group of lower class people over the span of two generations.: 199  Although the character's lives are boisterous, they experience profound loneliness.: 199 

The phrase "One Sentence for ten thousand sentences" frames the novel and is a quotation from Lin Biao shortly before the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.: 199 

The novel has been adapted into a 2016 film Someone to Talk To, directed by Liu Zhenyun's daughter Liu Yulin.

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