Spinster Kang Quotes

“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what to think and say, and what to read and write about. ”--Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang”
― Zoë S. Roy, Spinster Kang

“A wide-brimmed spinster’s hat had been thrown up in the sky. It was gradually falling into the deep ocean.”
― Zoë S. Roy, Spinster Kang

“The word spinster, mixed with stifled laughter from the living room, picked her ear like a needle. Will I ever escape the culture of my faraway country? she wondered.”
― Zoë S. Roy, Spinster Kang