One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences

One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences^[1] is a novel written by Liu Zhenyun from 2006 to 2008.^[2] It was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011.^[3]

It depicts the futility of a search for love among a group of lower class people over the span of two generations.^[4]: 199 Although the character's lives are boisterous, they experience profound loneliness.^[4]: 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.^[4]: 199

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