Captain Sato[rhetorically]How could we conquer a country without its traitors?
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Ling Tan's Wife[referring to a Japanese officer]Why do you not defy him?
Ling TanAlive I can hold my land. Dead I can only hold as much as I am buried in.
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Wu LienA woman should be soft, like the skin of a peach - not hard, like the stone, which does no one any good.
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Ling TanHow can you dig such a thing without help? The earth is stubborn.
Ling Tan's WifeHeaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.
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Ling TanI have come to this. I will not grieve the day they tell me my third son is dead. He has become the sort of man I hate and fear most. Such men will not allow peace in the world. War springs from them as fire does from tinder, and it is their pleasure in life. Such men should die for the good of all.
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Wu LienYes, yes, I read often in the winter to warm my blood, sometimes in the summer to cool it.
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Ling Tan[to Jade]Remember, my child, that the woman is the root and the man is the tree. The tree grows only as high as the root is strong.
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Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son[rhetorically]Do you not know that in a woman eagerness passes for weakness?
Third Cousin's Wife[referring to Wu Lien and his family, who've grown rich on account of collaborating with the Japanese]See? Silk coats, and enemy soldiers to serve them. It is plain Wu Lien has gotten his fingers into the fat!
Third Cousin's Wife[turning to her husband to ask]Of what value is a rich relative unless you can put him to use?
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Ling Tan[referring to Jade's son]He has his eyes open. Make sure the one who teaches him has his eyes open.
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Japanese Official[to restaurant waiter]Oh, no wine, hunh, and where are your women?
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Japanese OfficialThere are other things than wine!