Quotes from Robert van Gulik

Though everything will seem dark to you now, remember that even behind the darkest clouds of night there shines the moon of dawn.

Yau proposed another round, then asked: 'Is it true that to the west of the Khalif's domain there live white-skinned people, with blue eyes and yellow hair?' 'There can't be men like that!' Chiao Tai protested. 'Must be ghosts or devils!'(49)

Justice outweighs human life.

I belong to that small group of chosen people, who because of their superior knowledge and talents are far above ordinary human rules and limitations. We have advanced beyond such conventional notions as 'good' and 'bad'.

You have now learned the valuable lesson, Dee, that law and custom are only there for the common people; they don't apply to exalted persons like me.

Con ng??i ch? là v?t m?n Công lý m?i là trên h?t.