Dragon Seed (1944)

Aline MacMahon: Ling Tan's Wife

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Quotes 

• Ling Tan : How can you dig such a thing without help? The earth is stubborn.

  Ling Tan's Wife : Heaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.

• Ling Tan's Wife : [referring to a Japanese officer]  Why do you not defy him?

  Ling Tan : Alive I can hold my land. Dead I can only hold as much as I am buried in.