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Celeste Ng quotes: There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality.

There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality.

Celeste Ng quotes: Dreaming of his future, he no longer heard all the things she did not say.

Dreaming of his future, he no longer heard all the things she did not say.

Celeste Ng quotes: The intricate gears of her mind ticking silently at no one, thoughts pinging the closed windows like a trapped bee. p. 251

The intricate gears of her mind ticking silently at no one, thoughts pinging the closed windows like a trapped bee. p. 251

Celeste Ng quotes: As if they were two halves of a mold. He

As if they were two halves of a mold. He

Celeste Ng quotes: In the dark they are careful of each other, as if they know they are fragile, as if they know they can break.

In the dark they are careful of each other, as if they know they are fragile, as if they know they can break.

Celeste Ng quotes: Let's pretend," he says, "that younever met me. That she was never born.That none of this ever happened." Thenhe is gone.

Let's pretend," he says, "that you
never met me. That she was never born.
That none of this ever happened." Then
he is gone.

Celeste Ng quotes: You don't feel like smiling? Then what? Force yourself to smile. Act as if you were already happy, and that will tend to make you happy.

You don't feel like smiling? Then what? Force yourself to smile. Act as if you were already happy, and that will tend to make you happy.

Celeste Ng quotes: Morning sun fills the house, creamy as lemon chiffon, lighting the insides of cupboards and empty closets and clean, bare floors.

Morning sun fills the house, creamy as lemon chiffon, lighting the insides of cupboards and empty closets and clean, bare floors.

Celeste Ng quotes: It will be all right, she told herself, and she stepped out of the boat into the water.

It will be all right, she told herself, and she stepped out of the boat into the water.

Celeste Ng quotes: A few people insisted that the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad was in Europe. For college students, they have surprising trouble with geography.

A few people insisted that the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad was in Europe. For college students, they have surprising trouble with geography.

Celeste Ng quotes: People decide what you're like before they even get to know you

People decide what you're like before they even get to know you

Celeste Ng quotes: At least I know who I am. What I want,

At least I know who I am. What I want,

Celeste Ng quotes: Before that she hadn't realized how fragile happiness was, how if you were careless, you could knock it over and shatter it.

Before that she hadn't realized how fragile happiness was, how if you were careless, you could knock it over and shatter it.

Celeste Ng quotes: What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.

What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.

Celeste Ng quotes: She understands. There is nowhere to go but on. Still, part of her longs to go back

She understands. There is nowhere to go but on. Still, part of her longs to go back

Celeste Ng quotes: She drove on into the night, homeward, her hair weeping tiny slow streams down her back.

She drove on into the night, homeward, her hair weeping tiny slow streams down her back.

Celeste Ng quotes: You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it.

You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it.

Celeste Ng quotes: nothing in the bag but a quart

nothing in the bag but a quart

Celeste Ng quotes: Being asked, "Where are you REALLY from?" makes one feel OTHERED.

Being asked, "Where are you REALLY from?" makes one feel OTHERED.

Celeste Ng quotes: condolences; a few of them pat Hannah on the head, as if she's

condolences; a few of them pat Hannah on the head, as if she's

Celeste Ng quotes: Irony: a contradictory outcome of events as if in mockery of the promise and fitness of things,

Irony: a contradictory outcome of events as if in mockery of the promise and fitness of things,

Celeste Ng quotes: After a while, the fear became a habit, too.

After a while, the fear became a habit, too.

Celeste Ng quotes: I'd like to think of my self as not melancholic at all, I think I'm a pretty cheerful person, really.

I'd like to think of my self as not melancholic at all, I think I'm a pretty cheerful person, really.

Celeste Ng quotes: I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.

I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.

Celeste Ng quotes: Lydia has never really had friends, but their parents have never known.

Lydia has never really had friends, but their parents have never known.

Celeste Ng quotes: She will figure out what happened to Lydia. She will find out who is responsible. She will find out what went wrong.

She will figure out what happened to Lydia. She will find out who is responsible. She will find out what went wrong.

Celeste Ng quotes: the night before? He had been away four whole

the night before? He had been away four whole

Celeste Ng quotes: this was the first reason he came to love her: because she had blended in so perfectly, because she had seemed so completely and utterly at home.

this was the first reason he came to love her: because she had blended in so perfectly, because she had seemed so completely and utterly at home.

Celeste Ng quotes: This is it, Marilyn told herself. Let itgo. This is what you have. Accept it.

This is it, Marilyn told herself. Let it
go. This is what you have. Accept it.

Celeste Ng quotes: It's too late. He's already learned how not to drown.

It's too late. He's already learned how not to drown.

Celeste Ng quotes: He pushed her in. And then he pulled her out. All her life, Lydia would remember one thing. All his life, Nath would remember another.

He pushed her in. And then he pulled her out. All her life, Lydia would remember one thing. All his life, Nath would remember another.