Robert van Gulik > Quotes

“Though everything will seem dark to you now, remember that even behind the darkest clouds of night there shines the moon of dawn.”
― Robert van Gulik, Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories

“Justice outweighs human life.”
― Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

“Yau proposed another round, then asked: 'Is it true that to the west of the Khalif's domain there live white-skinned people, with blue eyes and yellow hair?'

'There can't be men like that!' Chiao Tai protested. 'Must be ghosts or devils!'(49)”
― Robert van Gulik, Murder in Canton

“I belong to that small group of chosen people, who because of their superior knowledge and talents are far above ordinary human rules and limitations. We have advanced beyond such conventional notions as ‘good' and ‘bad'.”
― Robert van Gulik, The Haunted Monastery

“You have now learned the valuable lesson, Dee, that law and custom are only there for the common people; they don't apply to exalted persons like me.”
― Robert van Gulik, The Haunted Monastery

“We made a trip across the Mid-west, but were struck everywhere by the deadly uniformity of American life.”
― Robert van Gulik

“They say that reading will attract the spirit of sleep. Let me read a while, perhaps this book will help me pass the time, or else bore me to such an extent that I shall fall asleep.”
― Robert van Gulik, Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee

“Reading voraciously, I took to reading till after midnight, a habit that has stayed with me ever since.”
― Robert van Gulik

“Con người chỉ là vật mọn
Công lý mới là trên hết.”
― Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

“Il ne fallait pas qu’il se laissât aller à ces accès de dépression.”
― Robert van Gulik, Le fantôme du temple (Produits virtuels t. 1741)