The Sword Dancer Quotes

“She knew better than to fight force with force. If he was stone, she would be water.”
― Jeannie Lin, The Sword Dancer

“Everything we do, all that we touch, leaves a trace,’ he said, sounding more like a philosopher than a hardened thief-catcher. ‘We have knowledge that has survived from the first dynasty, over a thousand years ago. Fifteen years is not so long a time.”
― Jeannie Lin, The Sword Dancer

“My father always insisted that one should not aim to prove the guilt or innocence of the accused,’ he said. ‘Rather one should strive to seek the truth.”
― Jeannie Lin, The Sword Dancer