Gish Jen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.”
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“... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.”
-- Gish Jen -
“A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.”
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“A white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib.”
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“That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.”
-- Gish Jen
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