Jade City
Fonda Lee
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Expectations are a funny thing,” Wen said. “When you’re born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you’ve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.”
“The Horn placed his hands on her shoulders, and pulled her close, and laid his cheek against hers. "Heaven help me, Shae," he whispered into her ear. "I'm going to kill them all.”
“Screw you, Hilo,” she snapped. “I can kill my ex-boyfriends myself.”
“Any old horse will run when it's whipped, but only fast enough to avoid the whipping," Hilo said. "Racehorses, though, they run because they look at the horse on their left, they look at the one on their right, and they think, No way am I second to these fuckers.”
“Possibilities that lay in the past were illusions, closed doors, as meaningless as unfulfilled intentions.”
“He insists he loves me too much to let me get involved in the war in any way … and I love him too much to obey.”
“I have been chosen and trained to carry the gift of the gods for the good and protection of the people, and against all enemies of the clan, no matter their strength or numbers. I join myself to the fellowship of jade warriors, freely and with my whole being, and I will call them my brothers-in-arms. Should I ever be disloyal to my brother, may I die by the blade. Should I ever fail to come to the aid of my brother, may I die by the blade. Should I ever seek personal gain at the expense of my brother, may I die by the blade. Under the eyes of all the gods in Heaven, I pledge this. On my honor, my life, and my jade.”
“She thought, Two strong-minded women in a man’s world, if they do not quickly become allies, are destined to be incurable rivals.”
“The clan is my blood, and the Pillar is its master. On my honor, my life, and my jade.”
“True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience.”
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Book Keywords:
inpirational, clan, family, romance, jade-city, expectations, honor
