The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty Book 2)

by Ken Liu

Dara may be a land at peace, but the hearts of men are never peaceful.

“Sometimes I wonder if you’re not unlucky to come of age in a time of peace. Many of the rules that the sages tell us are indispensable get suspended in a time of war.”

“Civilization is a matter of endowing nameless things with names,”

“If ten scholars were to start a rebellion, it would take them three years of argument just to agree on a name for their faction.”

“Rénga, I mean no disrespect, but you sound like a fisherman with a hold full of rotting fish laughing at another with a bigger hold of rotting fish.”

“Perfection cannot be achieved in a brief span of time!

“We never have been of one mind,” said Kuni. “Oh, do not mistake me. The love between us has not faded, but to love someone does not mean giving up your own will.

keeping alive the memory of a spirit had its costs: It was hard to keep such a spirit confined.