The Girl with No Face Quotes

“Spare me your indignation,” he said. “This is important, Li-lin. Not a time for female emotions.” “Is it ever?”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“when someone deliberately took a step to help you preserve face, it was meaningful. If you repaid them in kind, then you began to see each other as allies, friends, and family. Mianzi or lian—face—was intricately, inextricably intertwined with these nuanced social interconnections.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“Li-lin, do you ever look in a mirror? You look like a peasant. You could be the kind of woman men fight over.” “Why would I want that, Ginny? Men are always finding things to fight over.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“I heard him groan. “I have been taught that I must embrace suffering in order to transcend it,” he said. “I should thank you, Daonu; whenever you are around, there is no shortage of suffering for me to embrace.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face