The Emperor and the Endless Palace Quotes

“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life? How would that change the way you look at each stranger, knowing that they could be the epic romance across all of your lifetimes?”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“Let me lose my mind. It’s the only way to love. —ZHU”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“No, I think I'm done here. I don't want to be in a love story unless I'm the co-lead. I think that's fair.”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“Despair not. History is carved by men who did not have their fathers' favor.”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“You mean like a past life?' Calvin says.
Garden snorts. 'Are you for real?'
'Excuse me, this is a "yes and" environment, G,' Calvin replies, 'and billions of people around the world believe in reincarnation. Why is it so crazy to think that we might be able to tap into other lifetimes?'
'My mom left my dying dad for a pastor,' Garden says curtly. 'Sorry if I am not into religion.”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“[River] 'Maybe he was just trying to shake me off. I mean, why would he want to be with me?'
Without warning, Calvin bonks me on the side of my head, not hard, though it startles me, and some wine spills out of my glass onto the table. 'Stop talking like that, River! You are a queer Asian person! There are more of us in the world than there are Western Europeans! Be confident and proud!”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

“That's not my point. My point is everyone talks these days about going off and finding themselves. But no one ever seems to care about what they might lose in the process.”
― Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace