The China Bride Quotes

“Europeans condemned Chinese foot binding, but any society that had invented the corset had a lot to answer for.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The China Bride

“Hoshan I experienced profound spiritual awareness,” he said slowly. “It began with a devastating recognition of my failures and shortcomings. Only when all my pride and arrogance had been stripped away did I experience divine compassion so infinite that it could forgive all my weaknesses and fill me with light.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The China Bride

“Perhaps the soul wasn’t a foundation but a mosaic composed of myriad small insights and transcendental moments.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The China Bride