"I thought: if I die, I hope I get reincarnated into a mosquito so I can bite that fucker kau-kau."
- Zen Cho
"Other dragons are bastards. I moved out of my mother's cave after my mother tried to rip my guts out.Granted, I had tried to steal her Tiara of Clairvoyance."
"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 dracon..."
"I brought seaweed snacks from home,' chimed in another kid. "Seaweed got iron, right?"'I don't think the teachers meant that kind of iron,' said Hui Ann."
"The first time she saw the boy across the classroom, Ah Lee knew she was in love because she tasted durian on her tongue."
"But a woman should not marry where there is no respect. Respect is the most important thing."
"He would gaze at her with intrigued longan seed eyes."
"Love was like swallowing a cili padi whole."
"How could you die and not be old enough to hear about premarital sex? How could you die and still not be allowed to fall in love or be honest? Surely not everything had to wait for university and a go..."