''You're a show-off, what's so grand about marble floor and a swimming pool'' [pg 3]
'' Her mother-in-law took charge of the situation'' [pg 7]
The Martydom of Helena Rodrigues
''Helena trained her husband into near perfect punctuality for meals'' [pg 11]
''she had never needed the weapon of ill health before'' [pg 15]
Sundowner
''There's no need to keep calling me 'tuan', Aman. i prefer to be called Mr Das'' [pg 21]
''Only in the morning, tuan. they could stop if tuan wishes." [pg 22]
Tanjong Rhu
"Those see-far glasses of yours, can they see Tanjong Rhu ?" [pg31]
"Perhaps, father of Ah-Wah, i will see you there" [pg36]
"Perhaps, father of Ah-Wah, i will see you there" [pg36]
Evening Under Frangipani
"I don't suppose you have much in the way of soup at home . Difficult to drink soup with your hands" [pg ]
''The bungalow all to themselves! A release from the claustrophobia of Singapore courtship, the lack of places away from the watching judging eyes of parents, friends and strangers.'' [Pg 53]
Release
" Why do you always speak for someone else ? " [pg 143]
" She saw the man emerge from the shadows, wiping the spanner " [pg 148]
" She saw the man emerge from the shadows, wiping the spanner " [pg 148]
An Obituary for Fifth Aunt Come Late
" Oh sorry, oh sorry, I'm very clumsy " [pg 149]
" She was my aunt, but i didn't make it a point to be her niece " [pg 149]
" She was my aunt, but i didn't make it a point to be her niece " [pg 149]
Corridor
"That man might have been killed at the exact moment when I was sitting in that hotel room with the silly piped music." [Pg 167]
"If I was at home when it happened though, I don't know what I would have done." [Pg 169]
"If I was at home when it happened though, I don't know what I would have done." [Pg 169]
Mid-Autumn
"If God's eye is on the sparrow , he will provide for her" [pg183]
"It's a calling from God. It's a fire in my bones. If i don't go, i'll just burn and die." [pg186]
"It's a calling from God. It's a fire in my bones. If i don't go, i'll just burn and die." [pg186]
Hamid and the Hand of Fate
''He told himself he would be sabar." [Page 194]
"Gone without transacting in any tenderness or legal tender." [Page 202]
"Gone without transacting in any tenderness or legal tender." [Page 202]
The Move
"Madam Teo blushed and murmured that she was proud to move with the times." [pg209]
"How could this be sadness ? Sadness was war, was famine. Sadness was seeing your father-in-law in China lose all this rice fields when the Communists took over." [pg209-210]
"How could this be sadness ? Sadness was war, was famine. Sadness was seeing your father-in-law in China lose all this rice fields when the Communists took over." [pg209-210]
Pastime
"The system is too intricate and too cruel" [pg220]
"It's a hobby, a pastime. It's not real life" [pg 220]
"It's a hobby, a pastime. It's not real life" [pg 220]
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