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Year of the Golden Dragon QUOTES

Year of the Golden Dragon QUOTES

1 " Dragon's treasure burning bright,
In the darkness of this night.
Once again it gives us light
And speaks to us of its might.

Dragon's treasure burning bright
On this black and fateful night.
Kings will never use its light
Nor boast again of its might.

Dragon's treasure burning bright
Sear this image in their sight
Royal sons much reach the height
To rule with love, not with might. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

2 " There were streets, narrow and crowded with people and vehicles. Above them flashed neon lights and blinking billboards of every colour, shape and size. Some ran up the sides of buildings, others blinked on and off in store windows. In the space above the sidewalk, higher than a double-decker bus, hung flashing neon signs in bright pink, yellow, read, blue, orange, green and white. Yes, if white could be whiter than white, it was when it was in neon, Hong Mei thought. She knew Nathan Road in Kowloon was famous for its neon lights. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

3 " An image began to form in her mind. There were streets, narrow and crowded with people and vehicles. Above them flashed neon lights and blinking billboards of every colour, shape and size. Some ran up the sides of buildings, others blinked on and off in store windows. In the space above the sidewalk, higher than a double-decker bus, hung flashing neon signs in bright pink, yellow, red, blue, orange, green and white. Yes, if white could be whiter than white, it was when it was in neon, Hong Mei thought. She knew Nathan Road in Kowloon was famous for its neon lights. Were these streets of Kowloon that she was seeing it her head? "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

4 " Hong Mei shrugged. She didn't mind. Waiting to take out the crisp new bills was part of the lead-up to waht she considered the best part of the New Year. And that was when she received her own money inside the small red hong-bao. Throughout the days of celebrating, neighbours and patients of her mother would stop by and give her small envelopes with bills of cash inside. Just the sight of one of the little packets could make her heart race. Although she was already a teenager, girls were given hong-bao until they got married, and she was a long way from that. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

5 " Ryan looked almost eye-to-eye with the lifelike statue. The warrior's noble and steady gaze stared back at him. Ryan thought that the way the man's thin moustache curved above his unsmiling mouth made him look like he was hiding a secret. He wore no helmet, but his torso and arms had been intricately chiseled to display fine armour. He was poised to fight.
Ryan, Alex and Hong Mei moved forward, studying each sculpture that they passed. Just like real people, some were tall and slim while others were short and heavy. They wore different uniforms and hairstyles, and on some, Ryan could see remnants of the coloured lacquer that once would have covered them. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

6 " The room was small, slightly bigger than his bedroom, but far, far more beautiful. It resembled some of the Asian temples he'd seen in his aunt's coffee-table books. The walls were painted in rich hues of red, green, blue, yellow, and gold.
When Alex looked up, he saw a dome-shaped ceiling with a sun, moon and stars made out of pearls and gems. The ground was tiled and shaped into a model of forests, mountains, pastures and rivers-like a mosaic. And across the room was a set of jewel-encrusted thrones where two finely carved statues sat.
The life-size carvings were different than those of the army outside the chamber. Theses still wore their original colours, preserved perhaps by the lack of fresh air in the room. Instead of armour, the male figure wore a long, regal robe made of small rectangular-shaped tiles. Alex immediately thought of the chain0mail that knights wore in the Middle Ages, except this was made of jade and not metal. The statue of the beautiful woman also wore clothes or richness and royalty, but hers did not include jade, only gold and precious stones.
"They must be the Emperor and Empress," Ryan said. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

7 " A man stood ashore, watching the sight
Of mighty Black Dragon in the moonlight.
The man was drawn by the pale green stone,
And vowed at once to make it his own. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

8 " Long before the universe was born,
Chaos rose form a celestial storm.
Alone for eons in an endless night,
The god awoke and created light.

Hail, Black Dragon. I'm Emperor of this land.
What? Dragon hissed, tail swishing in the sand.
Chaos made me ruler of land and beasts.
I did not see you at that happy feast.

True, said the Emperor, 'twas before my time.
The world has since changed, land and men are now mine.
'Tis the first I've heard of this, Black Dragon said.
Deep within his heart he felt the fist of dread. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon

9 " Long before the universe was born,
Chaos rose form a celestial storm.
Alone for eons in an endless night,
The god awoke and created light.

Seeing the beauty of what he'd done,
Chaos then made the Moon and Sun.
This next major task was to give birth
To all the planets, including Earth.

After sprinkling stars across the sky,
He looked to his wife; her frown caught his eye.
What's this? he asked, You don't like what you see?
Is something not right? Please - tell me. "

― B.L. Sauder , Year of the Golden Dragon