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‘Love looks through spectacles that make copper look like gold, poverty like riches, and tears like pearls.”
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“Mum said places had personalities. Strong emotions soaked into the fabric of buildings, and if you concentrated you could feel the same feelings as the people who had been there before.”
― The Room in the Attic
― The Room in the Attic
“But with a fallen Shanghai, many shuttered businesses, rampant diseases, beheadings, assassinations, and daily shootings on the street, what else could you do to feel alive other than dancing and singing some songs from your heart?”
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
“When people came into your life, there was a reason for that; when they were gone, there were explanations for that.”
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
“He had been driven out of his home for being a Jew; now, after crossing the oceans to an alien land, he was driven out again for being a refugee.”
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
― The Last Rose of Shanghai
“I keep most people at arm’s length for a reason. If you allow an emotional attachment to develop, eventually that person will disappoint you. They might not mean to, but if a better opportunity comes along, they will always leave you for it. I’ve learned the hard way that people – even loved ones – are transient souls.”
― What Lies Between Us
― What Lies Between Us
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