Master Lan 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.”

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

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