“There was no need to fear new things. Shaking hands with a foreigner didn't make me foreign.” ChinaForeignersEmperor Book:The Sunset Emperor Source: The Sunset Emperor
“I listened with interest, but thought it too sad a thing that we and the foreigners knew each other only in this way: they came conquering, and we went with apologies forced from our lips.” ChinaForeignersEmperor Book:The Sunset Emperor Source: The Sunset Emperor
“The darkness here was different, much louder for one thing, layered with voices and calls, people coming and going.” DarknessChinaEmperor Book:The Sunset Emperor Source: The Sunset Emperor