J. Lam > Quotes

“height? She ran her hand over the numerous scars—big and small, old and new—that covered his body. She knew that on a swordsman, these were counted as few, but on a husband, these were already too many.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“Yaoyao reached out involuntarily as if by instinct and drew him to her in a tight embrace. His love for his mother reminded her of her loss. Holding him was a way to anchor herself. Perhaps he felt the same. The gap, the hole, the emptiness. It threatened to consume them. Only within his arms and her embrace could they find wholeness. In her imagination, he had leaned down to kiss her lips, but in his recollection, she had leapt into his arms, wrapping her legs around his body as she hungered for his warmth. There was a certain dichotomy to the act of giving and receiving, of loving and being loved. Even as they explored one another for the first time—an awkwardness here, an apology there—and through the giggles, laughter, and tears, they made one another complete.”
― J. Lam, Duel on Mount Taiyuan

“During my time here, I learnt that one could not escape the secular world anymore than one could escape the web of karma that one had sown. True enlightenment comes not from isolation but immersion. The monks in the temples never really abandoned the world. Their doors were always open, and they took up arms when necessary as they had demonstrated countless times before. Their severance with attachment was to connect them with greater compassion, a higher love.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“Over the years, she had time and time again thought that love had a peak and a plateau, but she found that each time she only fell deeper and further in love with her husband. Measurements stopped, time slowed, but the soft fluttering of her heart whenever she thought of him never ceased.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga

“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore and develop each thought.”
― J. Lam, Snow at Heaven's Edge: A Tale from the Carefree Swordsman Saga