M.H. Boroson > Quotes

“Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. At the edge of perception, weird things dance and howl.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with Ghost Eyes

“Face. I should have known. For some men, face mattered more than friendship, more than money, more than love. More than an eye, and certainly more than a daughter. The”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with Ghost Eyes

“I had decided to let them see me as powerful, a person of consequence, who must be taken seriously.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with Ghost Eyes

“Spare me your indignation,” he said. “This is important, Li-lin. Not a time for female emotions.” “Is it ever?”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“when someone deliberately took a step to help you preserve face, it was meaningful. If you repaid them in kind, then you began to see each other as allies, friends, and family. Mianzi or lian—face—was intricately, inextricably intertwined with these nuanced social interconnections.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“Nowhere can be found a principle that is right in all circumstances, or an action that is wrong in all circumstances.”
― M. H. Boroson

“A weapon is as good or evil as the hand that holds it,”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with Ghost Eyes

“I heard him groan. “I have been taught that I must embrace suffering in order to transcend it,” he said. “I should thank you, Daonu; whenever you are around, there is no shortage of suffering for me to embrace.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“Li-lin, do you ever look in a mirror? You look like a peasant. You could be the kind of woman men fight over.” “Why would I want that, Ginny? Men are always finding things to fight over.”
― M.H. Boroson, The Girl with No Face

“Life was easy for exactly no one. Each of us had a face, a fate, words and hands to try to craft for ourselves a better life. But a girl’s words had less sway, since girls were so often hushed to silence, and a girl’s hands rarely could steer her own destiny.”
― M.H. Boroson