Cindy Pon > Quotes

“A plate of roast duck, steamed dumplings, spicy noodles with beef gravy, pickled cucumbers, stewed tongue and eggs if you have them, cold please, and sticky rice pearls, too,' Ai Ling said, before the server girl could open her mouth. "I don't know what he wants." Ai Ling nodded toward Chen Yong.

'I'm not sure I have enough coins to order anything more,' he said, laughing.”
― Cindy Pon, Silver Phoenix

“expect nothing, be pleasantly surprised.”
― Cindy Pon

“You judge the gods by who bows down at their altars?" Ai Ling asked.”
― Cindy Pon, Silver Phoenix

“There are thousands of other women to choose from. You understand me? And this court runs on ambition alone.”
― Cindy Pon, Fury of the Phoenix

“The punishment of vertical rending was given to those who had destroyed marriages to satisfy their own lust.”
― Cindy Pon, Fury of the Phoenix