{"author":"Zen Cho","author_id":"Zen+Cho","total_quotes":18,"quotes":[{"text":"The first time she saw the boy across the classroom, Ah Lee knew she was in love because she tasted durian on her tongue.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":1844,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"But a woman should not marry where there is no respect. Respect is the most important thing.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":14948,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"Whether I'm a good wife doesn't have anything to do with what he was like.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","magic","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":25999,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"The tabloids wanted to know whether the dragon was receiving benefits. The gossip magazines claimed to have found a woman who was bearing the dragon's baby. The fashion magazines did spreads on draconian style. This apparently consisted of gaunt models with sunken eyes, swathed in clouds of chiffon and arranged in awkwardly erotic positions on piles of gold coins.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":26236,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip?","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["friends","gossip"],"id":39092,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"He would gaze at her with intrigued longan seed eyes.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":67580,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"I thought: if I die, I hope I get reincarnated into a mosquito so I can bite that fucker kau-kau.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural"],"id":93249,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"Love was like swallowing a cili padi whole.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["ghosts","legend","malaysia","myth","spirits","supernatural-mystery"],"id":116919,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"The woman leant forward, her eyes flashing, a smile both triumphant and tender curving her mouth.'You are *my* daughter,' she said. 'Can there be any doubt that you will be brilliant -- audacious -- and free?'The vision disappeared. She had been so vital, so overflowing with life and energy, that her going seemed to leave the room dark.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["feminism","magic","power"],"id":158800,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"},{"text":"... It is strange to know you would be cast off by the people who greet you so warmly, if they knew the whole truth about you.","author":"Zen Cho","tags":["betrayal","friends"],"id":161015,"author_id":"Zen+Cho"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}