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The heroes had always inspired her, even if none of them had been girls.
She’d severed ties with her old identity and gone from Mulan to Ping, from bride to soldier, from obedient daughter to woman who led her own life.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
Girls are raised to be pretty and graceful, and quiet.” She made a face. “They aren’t allowed to speak their minds, and they don’t have a choice in who they marry. My parents were lucky that they fell in love, but their marriage was arranged, too. And my mother, she doesn’t even belong to her family anymore after they got married. It wasn’t my mother’s decision, but her family’s. They told her that a woman’s only role in life is to bear sons.”
“Girls can be strong, too.”
“Perhaps when I marry, I’ll combine the ancestral temples so my bride won’t have to leave her family.”
“Someone who’s smart and brave, and kind. Someone I can trust. Someone who’s honest.”
“You trusted Ping,” Mulan said. “Why is Mulan any different?”
“I was wrong. Man or woman, you’re still my friend.”
A reminder that where there is beauty, there is also strength and courage and resilience.”
“Unless you see him,” Shang hastily cut in, “through me. ShiShi will always be with me, and you will always be my friend, Mulan.”
“She’s strong and kind and beautiful and brave.…” “And also speaks her mind,” Mulan reminded him. “…Honest, in the way that counts most.” “And she occasionally disobeys orders,” Mulan warned him, “even from her commanding officer.” “…She has discerning judgment.”
“I’ll never meet another girl like her,” he said. “Now that the war is over, I’d be a fool to let her out of my sight.”
“With your permission, I’d like to tell the Emperor that our best soldier—the soldier who saved us and defeated Shan-Yu—is a woman.”
“You saved China, Mulan. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a man or a woman. You’re a hero. I know he’ll see it that way. When he does, the rest of China will, too.”
“I meant what I said in front of the gates,” said Shang softly. “I’ll never meet another girl like you.”
