Lata

“You were lost and so was he, from the sounds of it. And so was I, in fact. We were all just groping around in the dark, trying to find our way out of the tunnel. You did the best you could. You provided him with a safe place to go to and good food to eat.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)

“in her fantasies, a generic bad guy would storm into her teahouse, maybe to rob her, and through her wit and charm and motherly kindness, she would help him see the error of his ways. she would them brew some tea for him and they would talk about where he went wrong and how to fix his life, and over the years, he would attribute every good thing in his life to Vera”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

“I am social media star, so I will splash this story all over the social media. You think I won’t? I am Chinese mother, all I do is create conflict. You think CIA know anything about destabilizing? They know nothing compare to me!”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)

“Remember, Vera reminds herself, your ass is bad. Very bad. And that is a good thing.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)