The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)

by Ken Liu

The only duty any child owes to her parent is to live a life that is true to her nature.”

What courage it took for the starving and the poor to continue the mere act of existence, of survival, of endurance. Such quiet acts of heroism were not celebrated, and yet they made up the foundation of civilization, far more than all the honorable sentiments of the Ano sages and the pretty words of the nobles.