Carole Wilkinson Quotes

“The slave girl didn’t have a name; she didn’t know how old she was. She had lived at Huangling Palace since her parents had sold her to Lan when she was a small child.”

“Master Lan approached the dragon timidly. He held the lamp in one hand and a bamboo stick in the other, ready to defend himself. His work silk slipper squelched in the dragon droppings. The beast roared again, a sound that made the girl want to curl up in a ball and weep.”

“It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful.”

“The creatures didn’t move as she approached. They had never tried to hurt her, but she had a feeling that they were hiding their true nature.”

“If you can count to ten, you can count to ten thousand”

“Master Lan told me that I was too stupid to learn how to count beyond ten...” “He was the stupid one.”″

“All answers lie beyond the gate of experience.”

“The girl took hold of one of its taloned feet. It was the first time she had touched a dragon’s scaly hide. It was rough and dry, like leather that had been left out in the weather for too long. ”

“How Hell could be a worse place than Huangling on that terrible night, she couldn’t imagine.”

“The straight path must sometimes be crooked.”