Memorable Quotes from Anna May Wong
1 quoteA Father's Love and a Daughter's Plea
Fu Manchu
My flower daughter.
Ling Moy
My honored father.
Fu Manchu
May your days be laughing songs. And may the blood of your father course warmly in your veins, for within the hour he will be gathered to his revered ancestors.
Ling Moy
No, no! I've only just found you, noble father.
Fu Manchu
The emblem of the great house of Fu! As a child you cried yourself to sleep over its tragic fairy story. Know at last, my daughter, the story is true! The mother and brother, murdered by a Petrie, were yours. Yours is the noble house of Fu.
[At a gesture from Fu Manchu, a gong sounds as servants pull back a curtain to reveal a dragon on the wall]
Ling Moy
Then, you?
Fu Manchu
I, your father, am Fu Manchu.
Ling Moy
Live, live, divine father!
[She recoils, then embraces him as he totters]
Fu Manchu
Infamous father! I sent you away, into the occidental world, to keep you from me until I should deserve your homage. But instead, you now witness my shame. Great spirit beyond, I come to you crawling in the dust.
Fu Manchu
Death lays his hands upon me, and my sacred work is unfinished. A Petrie still lives! The dishonor is burned upon my forehead.
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