Kylie Chan > Quotes

“The Serpent sleeps buried in the silken mud at the bottom of the sea. The water is freezing and dark and suffocating. The Serpent awakes and shifts, raising the mud in a floating cloud. The Serpent cries. There is no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, White Tiger

“I'm not miserable. Right now, if I had the choice, I would not be anywhere else doing anything else. Here and now, I'm happy. The future can take care of itself.”
― Kylie Chan, Blue Dragon

“At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where the water is freezing and dark, a great black Serpent sleeps in the mud.”
― Kylie Chan, White Tiger

“The Serpent's eyes are glazed and cloudy; it cannot die from heat or thirst. Nobody has come in weeks, it is alone. Death's release it out of reach.

The Turtle's head is full of war; it studies the time streams, planning defence. The streams all merge and gather at a place that spells defeat.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“Disaster area. I've seen some messy offices, Leo, but his absolutely has to win first prize.”
― Kylie Chan, White Tiger

“If I don't talk to him, he'll start contacting both of you telepathically and I know what a pain in the ass that is.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“Tea from the Japanese colony?' I said as she opened the airlock.
'Oh no, from my homeward. I think it's obvious that we've been here before: we check on developing civilisations, and sometimes quietly help them along. If we drop in on any young societies, we usually introduce them to tea.”
― Kylie Chan, Scales of Empire

“What? Oh shit, my head. Can't you just leave me alone, woman? I'm dying here.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“The Serpent lies on the carpet, alone. The city lights shine through the windows. It raises its head and tastes things gone; it drops its head and returns to the sea.

The Turtle raises its head from the water; the lake stretches around it. People point and talk, excited. It goes to the bottom and settles in the mud.”
― Kylie Chan, Heaven to Wudang

“The Serpent stirred. Then it slept again. It whimpered in it's slumber. There was a call. A deep echoing call that made the thick black water shimmer. The Serpent cried. There was no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Red Phoenix

“At only twenty-eight I felt no great rush to settle into anything boring.”
― Kylie Chan, White Tiger

“Oh, he thinks if he throws enough obnoxious sexist rubbish at me I'll call him out, and then I'm to blame for all the injuries.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“The water brightened. The Serpent drifted upwards. The sunlight made streaks of vivid blue in the water. The Serpent reached the surface and lay, unmoving, just beneath. It raised its head slightly above the water. It cried. There was no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Blue Dragon

“Nothing on the Mountain is ever as it seems.”
― Kylie Chan

“The Serpent lies in the scalding cage; it wakes, rigid with pain. The King stands outside the bars, her face twisted with a malicious smile.

The Turtle surges through the ocean, but cannot enjoy its element. The shredded wound cleaves them and it shares the Serpent's agony.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“You have thirty minutes. You do not have time for back rubs. Oh, next time remember to button your boxers, okay? The servants would have a heart attack if they saw that.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“The Serpent lies in a cage of jade, the demons laugh and poke it. It does not cry.

The Turtle lies on a hospital bed unconscious in a haze of pain, dreaming of being hole.

They want to be one and know it cannot be.”
― Kylie Chan, Heaven to Wudang

“The Turtle surged blindly through the thick water. Its shell scraped the ice with a vibration felt for miles. It searched through the darkness. It cried. There was no answer.

The Serpent tossed its head above the waves. The sky was roiling and low. The water was dark and freezing. It cried. There was no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Blue Dragon

“The Turtle raises its head above the water and watches the glittering coloured lights beneath the blazing stars of the Northern Heavens, wondering why it is there.

The Serpent chokes on the polluted water, drifting to the bottom amid the mud and oil, listening to the many engines moving overhead.

They cry. There is no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Hell to Heaven

“Love of my life, passion of my strawberry, butterfly of my...something or other, he won again.”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent

“The Serpent woke. It raised its head from the silky soft mud, then slithered forward, leaving an elegant trail. It threw itself up into the freezing black water and whipped towards the surface. It cried. There was no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Red Phoenix

“The Serpent raises its head from the water and slides onto the ice, the stars blazing above in the night sky.

The Turtle sinks to the bottom of the rich light-filled water, attempting to avoid the sun's brilliance and find sanctuary in the dark.

They cry. There is no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Earth to Hell

“The Serpent slides through the black icy water of the Antarctic, wreathed in permanent darkness.

The Turtle hides from the weak Arctic sun beneath ice.

They cry, but there is no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Earth to Hell

“What the hell were you doing at the Hurrah? You won't find a date there, none of them are into chicks.”
― Kylie Chan, White Tiger

“The Serpent takes its smallest form and drifts through an oil slick, choking on the filth in the water, suffocating on the debris.

The Turtle stands in the snow on the highest peak of the Western Heavens, gazing up at the perfectly black sky with its steadily brilliant stars, not sure what it is seeking.

They cry. There is no answer.”
― Kylie Chan, Hell to Heaven

“Stop dithering and get in here, woman. I need you!”
― Kylie Chan, Dark Serpent