“Remember, every treasure comes with a price.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Eleanor had a long-held theory about men. She truly believed that for most men, all that talk of “being in love” or “finding the right one” was absolute nonsense. Marriage was purely a matter of timing, and whenever a man was finally done sowing his wild oats and ready to settle down, whichever girl happened to be there at the time would be the right one.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“I hate to point out the obvious, but here's this tiny bird that's been trying to get through a huge bulletproof glass wall. A totally impossible situation. You tell me it's been here every day pecking away persistently for ten minutes. Well, today the glass wall came down.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Just because some people actually work for their money doesn’t mean they are beneath you.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Doing nothing can sometimes be the most effective form of action.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“about a man whose greatness had nothing to do with wealth or power.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“we were buying things we actually loved, not things to show off,”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“You love your children so much, you do everything to try to protect them, and they don’t even appreciate it.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“It only takes a spark, to get the fire going. And soon all those around, can warm up in its glowing. That’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced it. You want to sing, it’s fresh like spring, you want to Pass It On. “Can I make a suggestion, Astrid?” Charlie said as the junk made its way back to Repulse”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Pinch me, please. Is any of this real?" Rachel whispered as she looked into Nick's eyes.
"This place is very real. You're the dream," Nick answered as he kissed her deeply.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“whirling into overdrive. Daisy suddenly jumped up from her”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“I take fifty milligrams of amitriptyline every night, and then an extra ten milligrams of Ambien if I really want to sleep through the night. Sometimes I add a Lunesta, and if that doesn’t work, I get out the Valium—”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Meggaharto, you know. I don’t think you need me”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Marriage was purely a matter of timing, and whenever a man was finally done sowing his wild oats and ready to settle down, whichever girl happened to be there at the time would be the right one.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“You don’t ever have to spend a single”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Aiyoooooh, finish everything on your plate, girls! Don’t you know there are children starving in America?”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“sleep through the night. Sometimes I add a Lunesta,”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“You see, my father believed he had a gift. He felt that he was able to ascertain a person's entire future based on their faces...the way they looked...and he chose to keep only the children he felt would go on to please him. He chose my husband for me this way as well, did you know that? He said, 'This man has a good face. He will never make any money, but he will never hurt you.' He was right on both counts.' Nick's grandmother leaned in closer to Rachel and stared straight into her eyes, 'I see your face,' she said in a hushed tone.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“What is this, Harry Potter?” Nick sniggered. “That’s what you just sounded like. Yes, I am aware that even now dark forces are trying to sabotage me,”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“Airport, and trudging through the rain-soaked streets. His cousin Astrid Leong shivered stoically next to him, all because”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
“am the general manager. Can I help you?” he said slowly, over-enunciating every word. “Yes, good evening, we have a reservation,” the woman replied in perfect English. Ormsby peered at her”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
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“Lewis would have agreed with Oscar Wilde that our past is what we are. We cannot rid ourselves of it.”
― Barbara Vine, quote from A Fatal Inversion
“Actually a solution & a path to personal freedom. My own life's experience w/ both Dharma practice & punk rock inspired me to try to bridge the gap between the two. I've tried to help point out the similarities, while also acknowledging the differences, & to show those of my generation who are interested that they can practice meditation & find there the freedom we have been seeking in our rebellion against the system.”
― Noah Levine, quote from Dharma Punx: A Memoir
“I was staying in a hotel in San Francisco for a couple of nights, before flying back to the UK. My hotel was a desperate grey block made from paper and people’s screams. At night the sound of strangers having icy sex echoed off the building and poured through the broken air conditioning, like tiny daggers I couldn't see, reminding me of just the tip of what I was missing.”
― Craig Stone, quote from Life Knocks
“I know you find your banishment from court hard, but, believe me, it could be much, much worse. This is not a true prison. You can come out here to the garden and see the sky and listen to the birds singing and the bees humming in the flowers. You can work with your own two hands and see things you have planted grow and bring beauty to the world. You can eat what you have grown, and that is a joy too. Then there is the music and the singing, which is a balm to the soul, and the convent itself is filled with beauty, the soaring pillars and the windows glowing like jewels and the embroidered tapestries.”
― Kate Forsyth, quote from Bitter Greens
“When you choose to focus on today and all the possibilities that lie ahead you automatically release your grip on yesterday. Layers of the past gradually fall away and you are soon set free”
― quote from When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back
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