"'You tricked me,' she said, lying over a silk mat on the gold-colored floor, her husband next to her." (Prologue, pg. 11).

"Soo-Ja knew about the stranger. The one following her for the last four blocks." (Part 1: Chapter 1, p. 14).

"Chu-Sook would not make his way to his savior that night; he chose to stay with the others, becoming one more in a sea of bodies." (Part 1: Chapter 2, p. 46).

"At that moment, Soo-Ja felt like her own life had never mattered more, her body jolted by the rush that must be the addict's first thrill. She'd never felt more powerful. Her father was wrong." (Part 1: Chapter 3, p. 55).

"This was the moment, she knew, to which she would go back to in memory and say, You fool, you simpleminded fool. This was the moment she would think back to and decide, That was the night my life began, and I...