Snow at Heaven's Edge Quotes

“height? She ran her hand over the numerous scars—big and small, old and new—that covered his body. She knew that on a swordsman, these were counted as few, but on a husband, these were already too many.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“Over the years, she had time and time again thought that love had a peak and a plateau, but she found that each time she only fell deeper and further in love with her husband. Measurements stopped, time slowed, but the soft fluttering of her heart whenever she thought of him never ceased.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“During my time here, I learnt that one could not escape the secular world anymore than one could escape the web of karma that one had sown. True enlightenment comes not from isolation but immersion. The monks in the temples never really abandoned the world. Their doors were always open, and they took up arms when necessary as they had demonstrated countless times before. Their severance with attachment was to connect them with greater compassion, a higher love.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore and develop each thought.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“In that moment, he could only think of the man in his arms as the cheerful boy who loved his father and his sister and thought the world kinder, simpler, and gentler than it really was. The boy was a better man than him, and Death always takes the better man.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga