“Her experience of the world was still not deep enough to help her see that cruelty and cowardice go hand in hand; and that those who, when they’re riding high, transgress flagrantly are later crushed by the slightest touch of hardship, at which they pull long, sad faces.”

“Her experience of the world was still not deep enough to help her see that cruelty and cowardice go hand in hand; and that those who, when they’re riding high, transgress flagrantly are later crushed by the slightest touch of hardship, at which they pull long, sad faces.”

— Eileen Chang