Dr. Yu Tsun is a spy for the Germans during World War I in “The Garden of Forking Paths.” He is Chinese and seeks to prove to his Chief that a Chinese man can be useful to the German cause. The story is told in the form of Dr. Yu Tsun’s deposition for the crime of killing Stephen Albert, whom he killed to send a secret message that British troops were gathering in Albert, France. Though Yu Tsun fulfills this mission, he admires Albert and feels guilty about killing him.
Dr. Yu Tsun Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Yu Tsun or refer to Dr. Yu Tsun. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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8. The Garden of Forking Paths
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“In all of [the infinite timelines],” I enunciated, with a tremor in my voice. “I deeply appreciate and am grateful to you for the restoration of Ts’ui Pen’s garden.”
“Not in all,” he murmured with a smile. “Time is forever dividing itself toward innumerable futures and in one of them I am your enemy.”
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Dr. Yu Tsun Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Yu Tsun or refer to Dr. Yu Tsun. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
8. The Garden of Forking Paths
Quotes
“In all of [the infinite timelines],” I enunciated, with a tremor in my voice. “I deeply appreciate and am grateful to you for the restoration of Ts’ui Pen’s garden.”
“Not in all,” he murmured with a smile. “Time is forever dividing itself toward innumerable futures and in one of them I am your enemy.”
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