Yma

“This imperial woman, so diverse and rich in her genius, might have chosen her own greatness had she been able to single one gift above another, but she could not make her own choice of what she loved best to do, and so she did something of each and in all she excelled. As for those affairs of state which had absorbed her until”
― Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China

“They were young no more, their passion spent unused, but the memory of love remained eternal. Indeed, her mellowed heart was more tender now than ever toward him and there was nothing left that she could not forgive him.”
― Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China

“With increasing passion she loved beauty, for beauty, she told herself, and only beauty, was pure and good and worthy of her love.”
― Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China

“There in the silence of her own heart, she prayed the goddess to enlighten her and teach her mercy, and she prayed that Sakota might awaken to the grace of mercy shown her so that life could be saved. Strengthened by her prayers, the”
― Pearl S. Buck, Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China