48 Quotes by Thanhha Lai

I thought I would loveseeing him in pain.Buthe looks more defeated than weak,more helpless than scared,like a caged puppy

The pity giver feels better,never the pity receiver.

Fate did not grant him the privilege to see our children reach adulthood or the pleasure to witness our wrinkles writing stories on our faces, but in the time we were allowed, we knew our treasures.

Our liveswill twist and twist,intermingling the old and the newuntil it doesn't matterwhich is which.

...every language has annoyances and illogical rules, as well as sensible beauty.

Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.

I step back, hating pity, having learned from Mother thatthe pity giverfeels better, never the pity receiver.

I step back,hating pity,having learnedfrom Mother thatthe pity giverfeels better,never the pity receiver.

Paperwork, paperwork with a woman who pats my head while shaking her own. I step back, hating pity, having learned from Mother that the pity giver feels better, never the pity receiver.