Quotes About Min Jin Lee

I love most New England towns.

A novel, especially a first novel, is... really an emotional autobiography. All these emotions I'm embarrassed at having had, I've written about.

It's a filthy world, Solomon. No one is clean. Living makes you dirty.

reading. His abundant meals were sent to his room on a

I'm not interested in fairness. And your God doesn't seem interested in fairness when He gives out talent. I see mediocrity or ambition most of the time. You have talent, but no ambition. That's why you're stuck here.

Sho ga nai, sho ga nai. How many times had he heard these words? It cannot be helped. His mother had apparently hated that expression, and suddenly he understood her rage against this cultural resignation that violated her beliefs and wishes.

He knew many rich men, strong men, and brave men, yet he was most impressed with educated men who could write well.