Quotes from Jean Kwok, Girl in Translation

It may not seem like much - a few kisses in the dark - but it was enough to burn a hole like an ulcer in my heart.

I was a fool. I should have grabbed him when I could have had him all to myself, snatched him up like a ripe mango at the market. But how was I to know that this was what love felt like?

You may need to change your dreams.