“Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.”

“Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?'Jem: 'Yang guizi ... foreign devils.”

“If there is a life after this one", he said, "let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”

“You hear that, James Carstairs? We are bound, you and I, over the divide of death, down through whatever generations may come. Forever.”

“Go in peace, James Carstairs.”

“We love reproducing. Its one of our favorite things.”

“James Carstairs! Jem! Where are you, you disloyal bastard?”