Top 80 Fonda Lee Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “The way to defeat a chess master was not with greater genius, but by forcing her to play a different game.”

— Fonda Lee

52. “On his deathbed, the disgraced king is said to have lamented, “I’ll be remembered not for who I was, but for what I wasn’t. Perhaps it’s for the best. Let the gods judge me for what I did not do.”

— Fonda Lee

53. “Gazing at Wen’s lovely, trusting face, he was struck with remorse that he couldn’t, even with the consuming love he felt for her, promise not to break her heart.”

— Fonda Lee

54. “Funny, isn’t it? No matter where you are in the world, the one thing that keeps men from killing each other is a fear of what’ll happen after they’re dead.”

— Fonda Lee

55. “Was it possible, Lan wondered, to be both a strong leader and a compassionate person, or were those two things opposing forces, pushing each other away?”

— Fonda Lee

56. “Rain fell, not steadily but with insulting indifference.”

— Fonda Lee

57. “Now they were everywhere, along with more people, new factories, foreign-influenced street foods like tempura meatballs and spicy cheese curd.”

— Fonda Lee

58. “The unexpected gentleness of the words affected Anden like a violent physical blow, rocking him back on his heels, but they broke down the dam in his throat.”

— Fonda Lee

59. “Don’t ever make the mistake that I did. Don’t show mercy.”

— Fonda Lee

60. “Out of small resentments, spring great wars.”

— Fonda Lee

61. “Refusing to wear jade, you’re like a goose that won’t go near water.”

— Fonda Lee

62. “Nothing good’s coming, when the dogs start disappearing from the streets.”

— Fonda Lee

63. “The Son family and other Lantern Man petitioners had wanted Hilo to send his men to intimidate the union bosses and break up their gatherings, rough folks up if needed, force them back to work. Hilo had snorted. “What do they think we are? Hired thugs?”

— Fonda Lee

64. “The grimace on Hilo’s face was terrible. “How could you say I made you into a weapon? Like I didn’t love you and treat you like my little brother, like you were nothing to me but a tool? How could you say that?”

— Fonda Lee

65. “I will practice compassion: giving gratitude for my beloved, suffering when they suffer, for now we are joined in all things.”

— Fonda Lee

66. “You can make a rational, well-informed choice, and still be unprepared for what it means.”

— Fonda Lee

67. “Jade warriors are young, and then they are ancient.”

— Fonda Lee

68. “The ruse was Shae’s idea.”

— Fonda Lee

69. “It was terrible enough that the Twice Lucky had been shamed, that the restaurant’s kitchen had harbored jade thieves, but for the two boys to be publicly slain right next to the buffet dessert table – no business could survive the stain of such bad luck.”

— Fonda Lee

70. “If you want to lead, you can’t wait for everyone to line up behind you.”

— Fonda Lee

71. “It seemed everything in the clan required a decision from him that would invariably hurt or offend others and cause further problems.”

— Fonda Lee

72. “How do we do it?” Hilo sighed deeply. “You of all people already know the answer to that, Shae. We don’t handle this world. We make it handle us.”

— Fonda Lee

73. “The gods were often cruel, everyone knew that.”

— Fonda Lee

74. “I will practice courage: protecting my beloved from harm, facing all fears from within or without, for now we are joined in all things.”

— Fonda Lee

75. “When something has to be done, there’s always a way to do it.”

— Fonda Lee

76. “I think it’s natural in our forties to start wondering if we’re past the main events of our lives, or if there are still other mountains to climb.”

— Fonda Lee

77. “Only then did the realization truly strike her. Hilo was the Pillar.”

— Fonda Lee

78. “Janloon was a study in contradictions that could befuddle even someone born there: a bubbling, dirty stew and a modern, glamorous metropolis at the same time, a place overly conscious of trying to be a world-class city, despite being at its core a system of clan fiefdoms.”

— Fonda Lee

79. “Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can’t understand.”

— Fonda Lee

80. “If you’re not sure you’re in love, then you’re not.”

— Fonda Lee

81. “Si esto es la paz, creo que prefiero la guerra.”

— Fonda Lee

82. “I know some mistakes can’t ever be fixed, but we’ve got to go on, don’t we, and try to make the most of what’s left.”

— Fonda Lee

83. “I will practice goodness: offering freely of myself to my beloved, honoring and caring for each other in body and soul, for now we are joined in all things.”

— Fonda Lee

84. “We women claw for every inch we gain in this world...”

— Fonda Lee

85. “But for the most part, you give a man something to live up to, you tell him he can be more than he is now, more than other people think he’ll ever be, and he’ll try his godsdamned best to make it true.”

— Fonda Lee

86. “And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn’t their happiness matter even more than your honor?”

— Fonda Lee

87. “In my experience, as long as your friends have a high opinion of you, it doesn’t hurt when your enemies have a low opinion, the lower the better.”

— Fonda Lee

88. “Nothing compares to the feeling of riding back to the mews with a trophy tied to your chariot like a conquering hero. On those days, you feel as if you and your roc are one. Zahra and I were complete; we were the sun and the wind, the sky and the earth, life and death, above the world and untouchable.”

— Fonda Lee