Gold by the Inch Quotes

“A rocket or a bridge. That's the only way I can really describe it. If there is a river between our sleeping bodies, this is the bridge that crosses it. ... I can just fit my fist around the base without waking him. I love it so much I want to bite it.”
― Lawrence Chua, Gold by the Inch: A Novel

“Now I know what development means: air-conditioning.

With air-conditioning, we can have civilization, which exists only in temperate climates. ”
― Lawrence Chua, Gold by the Inch: A Novel

“In another city. In another place. Luk would have had to submit his plans for approval. Months would have been lost. Waiting. The Ministry in Charge. Public safety and all that. But the law is for people who don't know each other. We're all family here.”
― Lawrence Chua, Gold by the Inch: A Novel

“Place has ceased to be of importance now that power no longer lives at a fixed address. ... Power's location is less important than its velocity through temporary obstacles. The speed of a tank ramming through the baricade of history.”
― Lawrence Chua, Gold by the Inch: A Novel

“I have done this before. In other cities, other nights. So often I can repeat each gesture without owning any of them.”
― Lawrence Chua, Gold by the Inch: A Novel