Zen Cho

“Whether I'm a good wife doesn't have anything to do with what he was like.”

“It is a mother's duty to teach her daughters about the uses of blood, particularly a magical daughter.”

“... 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.”

“What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip?”

“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.”

“Magic ran in the family. Even her mother's second cousin, who was adopted, did small spells on the side. She sold these from a stall in Kota Bharu. Her main wares were various types of fruit fried in batter, but if you bought five pisang or cempedak goreng, she threw in a jampi for free.”

“Are you going? What shall you wear?""I shall go in what I am standing in," said Mak Genggang. "A witch is always appropriate whatever her attire.”