Daughter of the Bamboo Forest Quotes

“Her heart was like a dying candle, a tiny flicker of flame cupped by both hands, the stub of wick curled up and drowning in its own tears.”
― Sheng-Shih Lin, Daughter of the Bamboo Forest

“Little Jade knew that it was Mencius, a student of Confucius, who stated that all human beings are good at the beginning of their lives and that it is what they learn later on that changes human nature for the worse.”
― Sheng-Shih Lin, Daughter of the Bamboo Forest

“For if someone died at an old age, or of natural causes, a funeral was a time of celebration rather than mourning.”
― Sheng-Shih Lin, Daughter of the Bamboo Forest