All 36 Uses of
immortal
in
The Bonesetter's Daughter
- She had to be sensitive to the fact the authors saw their books as symbolic forms of immortality, believing that their words on the printed page would last far longer than their physical bodies.†
Chpt 1.2
- Where I live little-girl time, place we call Immortal Heart, look like heart, two river, one stream, both dry-out…… " She continued talking as Ruth went to the other side of the car, got in, and started the engine.†
Chpt 1.5
- The oldest recorded name of our village was Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.1
- Like Immortal Heart village.†
Chpt 2.1
- By the tune I was born, Immortal Heart was no longer lucky.†
Chpt 2.1
- Rich and poor alike made a pilgrimage to Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.1
- And because the dead tree was no longer immortal, it was no longer famous, nor was our village.
Chpt 2.1 *immortal = living forever
- During my girlhood, the directions to get to Immortal Heart went like this: "First find the Reed Moat Bridge, then walk backward forty-six kilometers."†
Chpt 2.1
- The Liu clan had lived in Immortal Heart for six centuries.†
Chpt 2.1
- There were several kinds of fragrant soot: pine, cassia, camphor, and the wood of the chopped-down Immortal Tree.†
Chpt 2.1
- From the square, it hooked to the north and ran past the former location of the once famous Immortal Tree.†
Chpt 2.1
- If we traveled by road, it was only about ten kilometers from Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.1
- It was between the Mouth of the Mountain and Immortal Heart, far from the other caves in the foothills, where everyone else went to dig up dragon bones.†
Chpt 2.1
- The first was a screaming baby from a family who lived in Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.1
- He had been traveling from Peking to Immortal Heart, and during a rest, the horse startled a rabbit, then the rabbit startled the horse, and the horse stepped on Baby Uncle's foot.†
Chpt 2.1
- The coffinmaker went to a fortune-teller in Immortal Heart, a man who walked about the village with a divining stick.†
Chpt 2.1
- The wedding was supposed to take place in Immortal Heart village, right after the start of the new Dragon Year.†
Chpt 2.1
- How could I sit by while everyone in the Mouth of the Mountain and the surrounding villages went looking for immortal relics?†
Chpt 2.2
- Then GaoLing added, "I think he should be called Immortal Heart Man.†
Chpt 2.2
- One day —I remember this was sometime before Spring Festival—Old Cook came back from the market and said big news was flying through Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.2
- I thought they were prettier than any of the girls in Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.2
- They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village.†
Chpt 2.2
- We call them Immortal Heart wood.†
Chpt 2.2
- And in this case, it is almost entirely the soot of Immortal Tree wood.†
Chpt 2.2
- How are things back in Immortal Heart?†
Chpt 2.2
- The family lives in Immortal Heart village as well but they sell their ink in Peking.†
Chpt 2.2
- Mr. Chang had come up from Immortal Heart, and he and Father discussed Peking Man.†
Chpt 2.2
- Hours later, the cart climbed the last hill that hid Immortal Heart.†
Chpt 2.2
- As my brush ran over their gold-and-red faces, I said, "Pardon me, Jade Ruler, forgive me, Chief of the Eight Immortals, I am only making a disguise for you, in case the Communists or the Japanese come and recruit statues for a bonfire."†
Chpt 2.4
- Father and our uncles are back in Immortal Heart village, churning out ink till it sweats from their pores.†
Chpt 2.5
- Yesterday Fu Nan told me to go to Immortal Heart village to beg more money from his father.†
Chpt 2.5
- And that's what GaoLing did, went to Immortal Heart, where she discovered that Fu Nan had told no one about the letter.†
Chpt 2.5
- He said Fu Nan has returned to Immortal Heart and is lying around useless, but the Chang father is not being critical, saying Fu Nan is a big war hero, lost two fingers, saved lives.†
Chpt 2.7
- "The house in Immortal Heart," Ruth asked, "is it still there?"†
Chpt 3.2
- Immortal Heart?†
Chpt 3.2
- The immortal's heart, something like that.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
-
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god