“Dirk, this is Peace, Granola, Crystal, Chi, Aura, Tahini, and the twins, Yin and Yang," Duck said...."They had all of us one right after the other. Me while they were into the total surf scene when they lived in Malibu, Peace and Granola during their hippie-rebel phase, and then they got more into Eastern philosophy-you know, the twins Yin and Yang.”
“Good and evil,” Nick said. “Yin and yang. Male and female. Life and death. The dualities that make us human. As though our lives play out on an immense balance scale—move one way, the scale tips to the left, but move the other, and it swings around to the right.”
“ribbing, moss, seed, and garter are all balanced and combine the yin and yang of knitting”
“There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang”
“Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.”
“The clearest and simplest definition of 气 (qi) is that it is the interchange of Yin and Yang.”