"Marriage promises to turn strangers into friendly relatives--a nation of siblings."
"The words on the box mean 'fragile' but [in Cantonese] literally say 'use a little heart.'"
"The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods."
"It was mirrors, not aches and pains, that turned a person old, everywhere white hairs and wrinkles. Young people felt pain."
"...in this ghost country, a man could somehow keep his youth."