

“He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than sunrise, more brilliant than the sun, as brief as sunset. I want to follow its trail to eternity.”
― The Bonesetter's Daughter
― The Bonesetter's Daughter

“With hope, a mind is always free.”
― Saving Fish from Drowning
― Saving Fish from Drowning

“We are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood.”
― The Kitchen God's Wife
― The Kitchen God's Wife

“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
― The Hundred Secret Senses
― The Hundred Secret Senses

“You see what power is – holding someone else’s fear
in your hand and showing it to them”
― The Kitchen God's Wife
in your hand and showing it to them”
― The Kitchen God's Wife
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