Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame Quotes

“You have the strength of the earth in you,” she used to tell her daughters. “The rains can come and the ploughs can carve through you and still you will remain.”
― Neon Yang, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

“The mask hides her eyes but not her mouth; if she frowns it will be seen, if she struggles to find her way around a word it will be witnessed. It feels like part of her has cracked, but in the way frost cracks in the spring.”
― Neon Yang, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

“Perhaps she simply seeks the simplicity that comes from walking, occupying herself with the simple effort of putting one foot in front of the other and deciding which way to turn.”
― Neon Yang, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame