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Thanhha Lai quotes: Whoever invented Englishshould have learnedto spell.

Whoever invented English
should have learned
to spell.

Thanhha Lai quotes: Would be simpler if Englishand lifewere logical

Would be simpler
if English
and life
were logical

Thanhha Lai quotes: Mother warns how we act todayforetells the whole year

Mother warns
how we act today
foretells the whole year

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

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: Our liveswill twist and twist,intermingling the old and the newuntil it doesn't matterwhich is which.

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: All dayI practicesqueezing hissesthrough my teeth.Whoever inventedEnglishmust have lovedsnakes.

All day
I practice
squeezing hisses
through my teeth.

Whoever invented
English
must have loved
snakes.

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

People living on others' goodwill cannot afford political opinions.

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

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: I step back,hating pity,having learnedfrom Mother thatthe pity giverfeels better,never the pity receiver.

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: Mother tells me,They tease youbecause they adore you.

Mother tells me,
They tease you
because they adore you.

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

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 quotes: How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?

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

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

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

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

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: I wishour cowboy could be persuadedto buy a horse,that I could be invisibleuntil I can talk back

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

that I could be invisible
until I can talk back

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

We glide and I feel as if I'm floating.

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

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

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

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: Mother says,People sharewhen they know they have escaped hunger.Shouldn't people sharebecause there is hunger?

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

Thanhha Lai quotes: Mostly, I wish I were still smart.

Mostly, I wish I were still smart.

Thanhha Lai quotes: This year I hopeI truly learnto fly-kicknot to kick anyoneso much asto fly.

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