Guardian Quotes

“You're a good person - she said in her ethereal voice. The Gods are benevolent. May they forgive you and protect you.”

”You were a good person when you were alive too. Did the Gods forgive and protect you?”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Yeah,” Zhao Yunlan said. “His name is Daqing. Pet name: Fatty. Nickname: Big Dumb Fatty.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Zhao Yunlan came to the annoying realization that his Special Investigations Department was basically a summer camp for nepotism babies.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“His own expressions and mannerisms were akin to a sad, worried little wife who had accidentally set the kitchen on fire.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“My lord, you need to look beyond the surface." Zhao Yunlan looked up. "What constitutes fairness or equality? The reality is that what's fair for one person is always built upon someone else being treated unfairly. When someone is struggling to survive, 'equal' means being well fed and warmly dressed, like everyone else. Once they have a full belly and warm clothes, 'equal' means having dignity as everyone else. And once they have dignity, a sense of superiority kicks in and they won't be satisfied until they have more than other people. Nothing breaks the cycle but a coffin. Equality is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“As soon as he even thought about having to call someone, he felt so stressed that he couldn’t sleep for nights on end.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Some people believe reincarnation is an endless cycle of killing, the old replaced by the new. What’s lost will be lost forever, and what has passed will never return. With a turn of the clock, one can look back, but not go back. With a turn of the reincarnation cycle, though, even if one tried to look back, they wouldn’t know which way to look.”
― Priest, Guardian เล่ม 1

“Some lies are told deliberately, Tongxue, while some are not. The former serve to deceive others, while the latter deceived oneself.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“More than ever, he felt that working just sucked.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Instantly, the Hunger Ghost’s large, bald head contorted into Munch’s painting The Scream.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to laugh or cry,”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“The two of them simultaneously looked toward the flattened Hunger Ghost in shock, only to find that it no longer resembled a dumpling wrapper slapped onto the wall. It had reinflated itself!”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“How?” He began to list off what they had to work with. “A mortal; useless trash; someone sedated to the gills; and me, a mascot. Even if the four of us offered ourselves up in a steamer basket, do you think we’d be more than an appetizer for the Hunger Ghost?”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1

“Out of nowhere, Is he an instructor or the school hottie? flashed across Zhao Yunlan’s mind.”
― Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 1