A Dance with Danger Quotes

“There was a way about hardened men, Father had told her once. The worst of criminals were caught and punished severely. Usually that either ended their wrongful ways or more likely ended their wrongful life. But those who survived became inured to danger. They no longer feared pain or death the way men were meant to. And thus, they became reckless and irrepressible.”
― Jeannie Lin, A Dance with Danger

“There are friends of the heart; you know they would die by your side and you by theirs. There are friends of the mind. You know you can trust them, but you cannot ask them for more than they’re willing to give. Then there are friends by circumstance alone who will cut your throat if it’s to their advantage.”
― Jeannie Lin, A Dance with Danger

“This is the way of things for us women.’ Shou-yun looked quickly away. ‘We create our lives wherever we can. We endure.’ Jin-mei felt the weight of her statement deep in her chest. Fathers and husbands could make whatever decisions they saw fit. Then it was a woman’s task to change course, flow around obstacles and adapt. No wonder the yin element was water.”
― Jeannie Lin, A Dance with Danger