48 Quotes by Thanhha Lai

At this point, Mother closes her eyes, eyes that resemble no one else's,sunken and deep like Westerners'yet almond-shaped like ours.I always wish for her eyes,but Mother says no.Eyes like hers can't help by carry sadness;even as a child her parents were alarmed by the weight in her eyes.

People living on others' goodwillcannot affordpolitical opinion.

People living on other's goodwillcannot afford political opinions.

No one can sweep,for why sweep away hope?No one can splash water,for why splash away joy?(celebration of Tet)

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again

Why no s for two deer,but an s for two monkeys?Brother Quang saysno one knows.So much for rules!Whoever invented English should be bitten by a snake.

I'm trying to tell MiSSSisss WaSShington about our ceremony for Father.But it takes time tomatch every noun and verb,sort all the tenses,remember all the articles,set the tone for every s.MiSSSisss WaSShington saysif every learner waitsto speak perfectly,no one would learna new language.Being stubbornwon't make you fluent.Practicing will!The more mistakes you make,the more you'll learn not to.They laugh.

The gray guilt had grown heavy, refusing to pause its relentless infusion into her joints and marrow. After all, it was her fault her brother was taken.

Mother saysif the price of eggs were not the price of rice, and the price of ricewere not the price of gasoline,and the price of gasolinewere not the price of gold, them of courseBrother Khoicould continue hatching eggs.