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Whoever invented English
should have learned
to spell. — Thanhha Lai

Would be simpler
if English
and life
were logical — Thanhha Lai

Mother warns
how we act today
foretells the whole year — Thanhha Lai

Writing is my life. Life is my hobby. — Emma Lai

The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in. — Jimenez Lai

I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl! — Thanhha Lai

Our lives
will twist and twist,
intermingling the old and the new
until it doesn't matter
which is which. — Thanhha Lai

All day
I practice
squeezing hisses
through my teeth.

Whoever invented
English
must have loved
snakes. — Thanhha Lai

People living on others' goodwill cannot afford political opinions. — Thanhha Lai

We all know that joy and sorrow are entirely matters of fate and have nothing whatsoever to do with planning. — Larissa Lai

No, Mr. Johnston doesn't have a horse, nor has he ever ridden one. What kind of a cowboy is he? — Thanhha Lai

I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects. — Jimenez Lai

I step back,
hating pity,
having learned
from Mother that
the pity giver
feels better,
never the pity receiver. — Thanhha Lai

I wish
our cowboy could be persuaded
to buy a horse,

that I could be invisible
until I can talk back — Thanhha Lai

I saw sunrises fade and burn among fleets of sparks. The moon blossomed
like a lily carved of bone ...
The Death of the Astronaut, page 390. — Lewis Turco

Architecture, in itself, at the end of the day, is a rational profession. — Jimenez Lai

Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to. — Thanhha Lai

The role of architecture, in terms of communication, is not going to drastically change either. — Jimenez Lai

I am a cultural Frankenstein — Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country? — Thanhha Lai

Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work. — Jimenez Lai

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.-Inside Out and Back Again — Thanhha Lai

I am a cultural Frankinstein — Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

Mother tells me,
They tease you
because they adore you. — Thanhha Lai

Aesthetics is both politics and philosophy, a series of agreements and disagreements between subjective minds. — Jimenez Lai

Many artists I enjoy have a large body of work, and eventually the message is derived out from the sum of its parts. — Jimenez Lai

We glide and I feel as if I'm floating. — Thanhha Lai

This year I hope
I truly learn
to fly-kick
not to kick anyone
so much as
to fly. — Thanhha Lai

I think architecture could be understood as the construction of realities, or the construction of worlds. — Jimenez Lai

The obsession was so real and so prolonged. Sleeping was kind of like taking breaks from continuing the obsession. — Jimenez Lai

When you own nothing, it's hard to believe you have anything to lose. — Larissa Lai

The world is meaningless and therefore it's funny. — Jimenez Lai

I see architecture as a form of communication over time. — Jimenez Lai

Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary. — Jimenez Lai

My curse: rebellious in my head but oh-so-lovely in real life. — Thanhha Lai

Mostly, I wish I were still smart. — Thanhha Lai

It is possible to construct small realities that contain political or philosophical responses, not necessarily just practical or economical responses. — Jimenez Lai

Morphology happens over time. It's not necessarily a bad thing. — Jimenez Lai

The diagram of the house is a portrait of the family, a true portrait, whether it's sad or happy. — Jimenez Lai

Mother says,
People share
when they know they have escaped hunger.
Shouldn't people share
because there is hunger? — Thanhha Lai

It's important to write a mystery novel where the takeaway is not a giveaway - where something could be read over and over. — Jimenez Lai

The moment you put something down on paper it forces you to organize and arrange these thoughts a little better. — Jimenez Lai

Black seeds spill like clusters of eyes, wet and crying. — Thanhha Lai

Oh, my daughter,
at times you have to fight,
but preferably
not with your fists. — Thanhha Lai