Julie Otsuka quotes
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“Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.”
-- Julie OtsukaSource : Julie Otsuka (2007). “When the Emperor Was Divine”, p.54, Anchor
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“And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of Spain." "In your dreams," said the boy. "In my dreams," said the girl, "I'm the King.”
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“We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.”
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“We forgot about Buddha. We forgot about God. We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed. I fear my soul has died. We stopped writing home to our mothers. We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.?”
-- Julie Otsuka
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Source : "Design for knife: can cutlery help people with disabilities?" by Justin McGuirk, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2012.
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Source : "The New Physics". Book edited by Paul Davies, 1992.
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“Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.”
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“I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I've walked this way”
Source : Adrian Mitchell (1997). “Heart on the Left: Poems, 1953-1984”, Bloodaxe Books Limited
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