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Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1) QUOTES

Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1) QUOTES

1 " The inimitable stories of Tong-King never have any real ending, and this one, being in his most elevated style, has even less end than most of them. But the whole narrative is permeated with the odour of joss-sticks and honourable high-mindedness, and the two characters are both of noble birth. "

― Ernest Bramah , Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1)

2 " It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops. "

― Ernest Bramah , Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1)

3 " Exile from the Loved One; or, Farewell and Return. "

― Ernest Bramah , Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1)

4 " Is not the clay pit of which you speak that in which you fashioned exceedingly unsymmetrical imitations of rat-pies in your childhood? "

― Ernest Bramah , Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1)