Emily

“The wind was blowing from the west, an autumn wind that smelled of damp yellow earth and rain. The grass bowed under heavy seed heads, and in the distance, gathering clouds were pierced by shafts of bright late sunshine. I’d stood at the top of a valley watching the dusty white road below as it wended its way across the wide sweep of the hills. Sun and rain together are what people call a day for a fox’s wedding, though that’s just folk superstition. We get married just the way you do, by choosing a lucky day that all parties agree on. In any case, I hadn’t been thinking of getting married at all.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“Revenge is a terrible dish to consume. It eats one from the inside out, no matter what they say about it being best served cold. As the Chinese saying goes, “When a gentleman takes his vengeance, ten years is not too late.”* But you and I know that chilled food inevitably leads to an upset stomach.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“A sadly sinful side effect of foxes is that humans who indulge too much in our company become hopelessly addicted”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“The only thing that matters now is what you leave 'em with. If you drop this thing in the middle of the second act, they'll forget that they ever loved you. You've gotta earn it all over again now.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls