The Samurai's Daughter Quotes

“Crockery broke and fabric frayed. The delicate things I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter

“The delicate things that I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter

“Isn't that the restaurant cookbook you used in Japan - the book with the infamous quinoa tambale recipe?
I can't believe you remember that.
Of course I do! No quinoa available in Japan so you had me smuggle a baggie of it from New Zealand.
Don't talk like that [I whispered, as I saw heads turning everywhere.] Even though this is California, not everyone knows what quinoa is. Someone might think it is contraband -
No, the truth is it's a biological weapon. [Hugh exploded in great honking laughter.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter

“I didn't have a cell phone, and as a result I hadn't thought much about what one would do with them, other than irritate people around me.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter

“Monday morning, I was at the post office right as it opened, desperate for two months’ worth of mail. Once I had it, my life could properly restart.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter