Heiress Apparently Quotes

“From the moment I met you, you’ve never let me be less than what I can be”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Growing up, I wanted to read about Asian American teens who get to have adventure and romance. But books like that weren’t around back then. Gemma’s story isn’t my story. But her story is the one I wanted to read as a kid searching for myself in books.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“After all, the women in my family are descended from royalty. So maybe it’s time for me to rule.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Your patio has a patio?” I tease her. “That’s a whole new level of fancy.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Who am I?” I whisper. “A direct descendant of Empress Wu Zetian.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“just kills me that you think you don’t deserve something that’s not half as beautiful as you are and not worth even a fraction of everything that’s wonderful about you.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“You have to understand that there’s the Chinese government’s stance and policy, and then there are the actual Chinese people’s views and practices—it would be a mistake to think the two are the same.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Just because someone hurts you, doesn't mean you can simply stop loving them. It's not a person's actions that hurt the most. It's the love.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“You said that inherited wealth like this art could jeopardize his standing in the Communist Party.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“At home, Mom will be making celebratory mooncakes to send to me. Mooncakes are the one thing not on my list of food to eat in Beijing. Because there isn’t a mooncake in the world that can compare to my mom’s. A lump of longing congeals in my throat.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Yeah, right. Like Jake wasn’t the one who had to be convinced by my resemblance to Alyssa to hire me in the first place.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“wanted to show you a different China. Show you that China isn’t just a repressive country with rigid views on gender and sexuality.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Not until your mother decided to steal that painting out of greed and selfishness. My grandfather had no choice but to banish your mother. What she did threatened us all.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Inherited wealth through many generations of rich landowners is different. It’s considered elitist. Money made on the backs of the people. That kind of wealth is frowned upon.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“You don’t know how the super rich think. No matter how much they have—they always want more.” His mouth twists. “And your grandparents’ money is the kind most people can’t even imagine. Trust me—Alyssa will do anything to keep that inheritance to herself.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“This is all too much. A cousin who’s a famous social media star. A grandfather who bans talk of my mother. A grandmother who faints at the mention of my mother. Then a question penetrates the fog in my head. “If your grandmother is in seclusion, why do you think she’d find out about me?”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Hopefully, the VPN I downloaded will get me past the Great Firewall of China. Without a VPN, Western social media sites like Instagram are blocked in China.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“I’ll bet the romantic interest is a white man and all the Asian men in that film will be sexless and nerdy or chauvinistic and domineering.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“They’re thinking of someone like me, small-framed with delicate features. That’s the film industry’s idea of Asian womanhood. Scarlett Johansson has a better chance of getting cast as an Asian woman in a film than Glory does. After all, when Scarlett Johansson was cast as the lead in the live-action remake of the Japanese anime film Ghost in the Shell, they added a whole convoluted plotline to explain why the character has a white woman’s body.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“I’m probably being unfair to her. Camille should get some credit for being the only white person in our little friend group.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Still, it’s nice to know that getting cut off from financial support doesn’t mean getting cut off from parental advice—even though I’ve ignored most of it, including the one about being careful of my ears.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“spurned lover turned stalker. A criminal past. The Chinese mafia (if there’s even such a thing) putting a hit out on her. Or maybe she just thinks the air is unhealthy”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently

“Plus, historical inaccuracy never stopped Mom from enjoying Chinese dramas about flying monks and magical warrior maidens.”
― Diana Ma, Heiress Apparently