Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin Quotes

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

We might give her presents, tell some tales, but would she ever be able to really understand what the journey had been like for us?

It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?

I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints.

We are home to each other now.

People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.