- James Nichol: There's 2,000 men here. It's no place for a girl!
- Little Tiger: Living on the street in Hong Kong was no place for a girl, but I did that. I had no food, I had to eat garbage, and I did that too.
- James Nichol: That's different.
- Little Tiger: How? You say it's alright for a girl to sell herself hootchy kootchy. But it's wrong to do honest work?
- Little Tiger: That scar on your face. How did you get it?
- Bookman: From an accident. Some accidents can change you life. Or end it.
- James Nichol: I don't want you to leave.
- Little Tiger: I have to go.
- James Nichol: Then I want to go with you.
- Little Tiger: No. You think we can change the world. But I think it more likely the world changes us.
- [last lines]
- Little Tiger: Rest well in China, father. I will stay in this land to make a new life for myself.