Y.S. Lee Quotes

#1. Mr. Ching claims the superiority of Chinese hand-and-foot fighting, and promises ocular proof of such.

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#2. It's terrifying, to be on the verge of finally getting what you want.

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#3. For several moments, Mary couldn't hear anything over the violent pounding of her pulse.

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#4. Stop shining your lantern in my face."
"It's such a lovely face.

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#5. Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.

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#6. Only the greedy and stupid attempt the White Pass. They try by the hundreds each week.

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#7. Are you quite certain you don't want to come up to my flat for tea and toast and scandal?

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#8. She hesitated for a moment longer, then tentatively placed her fingers in his. Her hand was hot and dry and so fragile-seeming that James cradled it gingerly. The next moment, she squeezed so hard his eyes widened.
Fragile lady be damned. He squeezed back spitefully. Vicious minx.

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#9. He looked at her for a moment, amazed. "How did you know that? How can a servant girl like you understand so much?"
Because self-absorbed man-children are common as weeds, thought Mary. But she said, "I don't know, sir. I only guessed.

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#10. I am madly, ridiculously, passionately in love with you. I don't care about your past. Your race does nothing to change my feelings. I love you, you stubborn little fool. Is that clear enough for you?

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#11. If you ever need to poison someone, do it with a bacon sandwich

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#12. Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, had a lamp shade on her head. Again.

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#13. They plodded on, contemplating the faithlessness of modern love and marriage.

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