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Yangsze Choo quotes: For when the cycle of violence escapes its confines in hell, it causes earthquakes, floods, and other calamities.

For when the cycle of violence escapes its confines in hell, it causes earthquakes, floods, and other calamities.

Yangsze Choo quotes: Qing Ming, the festival of the dead,

Qing Ming, the festival of the dead,

Yangsze Choo quotes: It seemed to me that in this confluence of cultures we had acquired one another's superstitions without necessarily any of their comforts.

It seemed to me that in this confluence of cultures we had acquired one another's superstitions without necessarily any of their comforts.

Yangsze Choo quotes: You want promises of success, assurances that all will be well? I don't do that. Ask your amah here. That's why I'm the real deal.

You want promises of success, assurances that all will be well? I don't do that. Ask your amah here. That's why I'm the real deal.

Yangsze Choo quotes: Confucius, who had said it was better not to know about ghosts and gods, but rather to focus on the world we lived in.

Confucius, who had said it was better not to know about ghosts and gods, but rather to focus on the world we lived in.

Yangsze Choo quotes: The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful.

The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful.

Yangsze Choo quotes: It was strange to think that power in this world belonged to old men and young women.

It was strange to think that power in this world belonged to old men and young women.

Yangsze Choo quotes: The problem with the dead was that they all wanted someone to listen to them.

The problem with the dead was that they all wanted someone to listen to them.

Yangsze Choo quotes: Women had little security other than jewelry, so even the poorest among us sported gold chains, earrings, and rings as their insurance.

Women had little security other than jewelry, so even the poorest among us sported gold chains, earrings, and rings as their insurance.

Yangsze Choo quotes: Amah was always wary of voicing misfortunes, fearing that to do so would only make them come true.

Amah was always wary of voicing misfortunes, fearing that to do so would only make them come true.

Yangsze Choo quotes: Was this love? It was like a consuming flame, licking through my defenses at a slow burn.

Was this love? It was like a consuming flame, licking through my defenses at a slow burn.

Yangsze Choo quotes: If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better.

If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better.

Yangsze Choo quotes: The hours, days, and years that had bled away in his opium haze demanded a payment from my future.

The hours, days, and years that had bled away in his opium haze demanded a payment from my future.