Opium Warfare Quotes

“A man sat down by a tree every day for 2 weeks. It was a beautiful Wisteria tree with purple flowers. Every day, around the same time, he would come to the park and sit by this tree. On the fourteenth day, he came to the park and approached the tree and as he sat down, he closed his eyes as he always did. Only this time when he opened them, the tree withered and died before him. The man then looked around and before he knew it, he had found that he never came to the tree at all, but was in an asylum the whole time.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“Each day, compel yourself to do something you would rather not do.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“Before you wonder ‘Am I doing things right?’ ask yourself, ‘Am I doing the right things?”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“I think it’s all a facade. I think you wear a mask to show us, the media and the public, how you want to be perceived, but behind closed doors and deep down inside lies the real Shin Shaojin. A man who is so egotistical, maniacal, and so power driven that he would sell his soul to the highest bidder if it meant getting to the top.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“A man’s interest is only perceived by his willingness to stay focused.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“So I leave you here and let those cold euphoric drops of water drip and seep into your skull.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“He was Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller on steroids. Sure, he was stuck up just like any rich snob was, but only to those whom he thought of as a threat to him.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“As a boy, I remember my father telling me a bedtime story about the day my grandfather was decapitated.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare