A Magic Steeped in Poison Quotes

“Grief has a taste, bitter and lingering, but so soft it sometimes disguises itself as sweetness.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“There is a difference between living the suffering and reading about it.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“How can I give another part of myself to someone else, when I already have so little to give?”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“The magic is not in the ceremony of pouring the tea or the sharing of the cup. It is in the connection, the brief joining of souls. The tea leaves are a channel, the ingredients the signposts.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“I'll rescue you ten times over if I will be kissed like that every time”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Human hands make mistakes, Ning, but they are the hands the gods gave us. We use them to make amends, to do good things.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“But the distance between us is too far, as vast as the divide between brothers who fought for a throne, or gods who tore apart a continent.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“When you’re told since you came out of the womb that you can do anything, why would you ever hesitate? If you were told at birth that the world is supposed to bow down to you, you would think it natural that you are destined to climb”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“If you can feel someone else’s suffering, how can you look away?”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Everyone is able to see the stars; it’s the interpretation that is the dangerous part.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“She is my family, and they tried to hurt me through her. I’ve tried to send her away for her own protection, and she crossed the entire empire to save me. I will never leave her again.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“The tongue needs a little sweetness, she'd say. It teaches the heart how to love.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“The nice thing about growing old is you realize everything circles back on itself'....'Things change, but they circle back, too. The stars continue along their course, the cowherd is always reunited with the maiden. It's comforting in a way. Makes it feel less lonely.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“I was ignorant and hopeful instead of anxious and afraid.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Anger is good. Anger is safe. I choke down my confusion, until it remains only as a tremor in my leg, tapping a frantic beat on the ground.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“A peculiar expression crosses his face. “Ning,” he sighs, and a shiver runs through me. “You … you have power. More than you know. More power than those foolish nobles in their grand residences, protected from the hardships of the world. You know what it’s like out there, living each day wondering if you will survive the next. You have hungered.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“And that is what this brew is about. The taste of being human. Of making mistakes. Of being young again. The reminder that sometimes we are the laborer and sometimes we are the one at rest.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“The longer I reside in the palace, the more I realise that hope is an illusion. The hey have already selected who is to be the victor and who is to fail.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“But as I’ve learned, pretty faces cannot always be trusted, and the pain is his own fault entirely.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Shu's face is the last thing I remember as the darkness sweeps me away.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“In the morning, Lian and I tuck into a breakfast of fluffy baozi, fresh from the bamboo steamers of Small Wu’s kitchen m. We pull the dough apart to reveal the filling within — ground pork mixed with chopped chives and drizzled with sesame oil — and blow to cool the steaming insides.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Hot soy milk is ladled into bowls, tiny shrimp sprinkled over the surface, then drizzled with soy sauce, vinegar, and red chili oil, and finally dotted with a handful of chives. Another plate is piled high with fried golden dough, meant for dipping.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“- Tu n'es pas venu la nuit dernière.
Des mots que je regrette immédiatement, pour le désir qu'ils renferment, tout ce qu'ils révèlent de moi.
- Je n'étais pas sûr que tu aies envie de me revoir, répond-il.
J'entrevois un sourire avant qu'il ne soit à nouveau caché sous le casque.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Le chagrin a un goût, amer et persistant, mais tellement doux qu'il prend parfois le déguisement du sucré.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison