Quotes from Grace Lin

That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.

Your imagination will create many friends

If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.

Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever.

She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.

You only lose what you cling to.

Yes, Ba said sadly, it is impossible. But it is not ridiculous.

Stories are not a waste of time

Fortune was not a house full of gold and jade, but something much more.

That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.

Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remember.

Impossible? the goldfish man said. Don't you see? Even fates written in the Book of Fortunes can be changed. How can anything be impossible?

Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You're always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.

The secret to peace is forgiveness.

For even in the misty light, the goldfish man could see her smiling a secret smile up to the sky to where the mountain meets the moon.

THESE PIECES ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU!

blue rice bowl with the white rabbit painted on it.

Minli suddenly thought of Ma and Ba. A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the tea could not moisten. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

The moon bathed his naked figure in light as his fingers reached to touch the stars, his hair streaming.

So, as the old woman held the new baby tenderly, she rained tears of sorrow and joy upon it, and the baby's first bath was the unusual mixture of love and loss. For

A tearful queen was being led

What kept Minli from becoming dull and brown like the rest of the village were the stories her father told her every night at dinner. She glowed with such wonder and excitement

Almost all men respect the Storyteller... You can mãe time disappear. You can bring us to places we have never dreamed of. You can make us feel sorrow and joy and peace. You have great magic.

Did you know the peach symbolizes longevity?