[In China at that time:] The penalty for adultery is death by strangulation. Mai-da's mother has added the following note to this section; 'Adultery… — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
“Glazed brick, white mortar, and blue roof-tiles do not make a house beautiful; carved rosewood, gold cloth, and clear green jade do not furnish… — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as… — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied. — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
I was most confusedly in love. ... Even though I resolved not to think of him, his face would keep appearing between me and… — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
![“[In China at that time:] The penalty for adultery is death by strangulation. Mai-da's mother has added the following note to this section; 'Adultery is a feminine vice. Copulation on the man's part is not his wife's concern, unless he sires a child. Then she must accept the child as one of his…” quote by Nora Waln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0dd/nora-waln-50495_accepting_in-china-at-that-time-the-penalty-for-ad_556268.jpg)
