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181 " Ekaterinburg Pork—suckling pig riddled with truffle-infused gold-leaf “bullets” and thrown down a cellar chute before being flame-roasted over Russian coffee grounds. "
― Kevin Kwan , China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)
182 " Don’t you think all the sudden hype about kale is getting a bit much? I want to know who’s been doing all the PR for the kale industry—they should really get an award. "
183 " And then he felt a strange draft from behind. His pants had split open at the ass. "
― Kevin Kwan , Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
184 " Will you promise you’ll never stop sending me love letters?” Charlie kissed her hands and declared, “I promise I will never stop sending you letters of love, Astrid. Until my dying day. "
185 " Eleanor had a long-held theory about men. She truly believed that for most men, all that talk of “being in love” or “finding the right one” was absolute nonsense. Marriage was purely a matter of timing, and whenever a man was finally done sowing his wild oats and ready to settle down, whichever girl happened to be there at the time would be the right one. She had seen the "
186 " the Iron Throne,”*1 Carlton said, cutting her off. "
187 " For years she had heard about this place, and at long last she was about to have lunch here. "
188 " It’s true. The family was so hard up, they were willing to let all of it go for four million dollars. All the priceless treasures, collected over a span of five centuries. It’s quite a sensational story—Morgan received the offer by telegram, but he died a few days later. Divine intervention was the only thing that prevented the most irreplaceable treasures of China from ending up in the Big Apple. "
189 " From Indonesian and Malay mythology, pontianaks are said to be spirits of women who died while giving birth. A pontianak kills her victims by digging into their stomachs with her sharp dirty fingernails and devouring their organs. Yum. "
190 " Please call your mother. She needs to speak to you urgently. I want you to put aside your feelings and just call her. It’s Chinese New Year. Please be a good son and call "
191 " Old-money Chinese absolutely loathe wasting money on long-distance telephone calls, almost as much as they hate wasting money on fluffy towels, bottled water, hotel rooms, expensive Western food, taking taxis, tipping waiters, and flying anything other than economy class. "
192 " I want to slip my whole foot inside.” He wants to do WHAT with his foot? This man should be arrested. Godfrey banged his fist against the stall door and said loudly, “You are a degenerate! A complete disgrace to this esteemed club! Take your dirty business elsewhere! Not in our toilets! "
― Kevin Kwan , Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)
193 " thirty-seven feet, almost filling the floor space of two workrooms. At last, the senior specialist could confirm that this was undoubtedly the mythical work described in all the classical Chinese texts he had spent much of his career studying. "
194 " Minutes before, the child’s father, Bernard Tai, had made a frantic 911 call reporting that his daughter, Gisele, had been kidnapped from their home at 11950 Victoria Avenue in Mar Vista. "
195 " The larger the diamonds, the older the wife, the more the mistresses. "
196 " Cuando siempre ha habido dinero en tu vida, no le dedicas mucho tiempo de tus pensamientos. "
197 " Esto es Singapur y los ricos ociosos pasan todo el tiempo chismorreando sobre el dinero de la gente. Quién tiene cuánto, quién ha heredado tanto, quién ha vendido su casa por cuánto. "
198 " Everyone gasped at the delightful menagerie, as the board member who had generously opened up her hundred-million-dollar property for the gala and Marian—already dressed in her heirloom purple silk cheongsam—walked up to greet their VIP. "
― Kevin Kwan , Sex and Vanity
199 " courtesy of Isabel and Dolfi De Vecchi, who unfortunately could not attend the gala, as they were at an intimacy retreat at Lake Titicaca. "
200 " director Alfonso Cuar "