The Invisibility Cloak Quotes

“The best attributes of anyone or anything usually reside on the surface, which is where, in fact, all of us live out our lives. Everyone has an inner life, but it's best if we leave it alone. For as soon as you poke a hole through that paper window, most of what's inside simply won't stand up to scrutiny.”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“Do you mind if I contribute my thoughts to this one? If you could just stop nitpicking and dissecting every little thing, if you could learn to keep one eye closed and one eye open, and quit worrying about everything, you might discover life is pretty fucking beautiful. Am I right?”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“The vast majority of people in today's society seem totally oblivious to our existence. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It gives us a good reason to look down on them, while finding dark corners in which to live self-sufficient, invisible lives.”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“Tell me, what’s the most valuable thing anyone can ever have? It’s your life, isn’t it? But you can hold on to it as tightly as you can for every waking hour, and you’ll still have to let it go when the time comes, won’t you?”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“My experience dealing with professors has taught me that educated people have the ability to demean a person with a single glance.”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“You can’t help but admire the sense of smell the wealthy possess. Even at the edges of a foul, trash-infested city, they always find a way to hunt down the last patches of pristine territory and claim them as their own. At”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak

“But how could a mafioso be forced to commit suicide?" I continued.
It only goes to show," she said, " that there are forces in this society more terrifying than the mafia. Ding Caichen was no match for them."
As to what those " terrifying forces" might be, I couldn't begin to imagine.”
― Ge Fei, The Invisibility Cloak