“What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“Nobody can change who you are, except for you.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“I never want to love someone like that,not even him,so much that there would be no room left for myself,so much that I wouldn't be able to survive if he left me.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“You may need to change your dreams.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“I was a fool. I should have grabbed him when I could have had him all to myself, snatched him up like a ripe mango at the market. But how was I to know that this was what love felt like?”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“We would be allowed to work and not cause any trouble for her, but she didn't want us to be any more successful than she was”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“No matter how flawed someone else may be, that doesn't give us the right to be less than we are, does it? We are decent people and we repay our debts.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“When I’m with you, I could drink water and be full.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“Dice un proverbio chino que el destino es como un temporal de vientos que, provenientes de todos los rincones, azotan nuestras vidas y nos empujan por las sendas del tiempo; quienes posean fuerza de voluntad, lucharán contra la tormenta y podrán escoger su propio camino, mientras que los débiles acabarán allá adonde los lleve la tempestad.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“It may not seem like much - a few kisses in the dark - but it was enough to burn a hole like an ulcer in my heart.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“There's a Chinese saying that the fates are winds that blow through our lives from every angle, urging us along the paths of time. Those who are strong-willed may fight the storm and possibly choose their own road, while the weak must go where they are blown. I say I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“Avevo perso gran parte del mio interesse per i cosmetici. Non che avessi smesso di preoccuparmi del mio aspetto, anzi, ma non riuscivo a comprendere sino in fondo come si potesse risultare simpatica o bella. Non capivo come funzionavano queste cose.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“I would have chosen statistical probabilities over luck any day.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“Me sentía como un espantapájaros ante una tempestad. En cualquier momento, el viento podría derribarme y esparcir todas las piezas que formaban mi cuerpo. Me despertaría para darme cuenta de que no quedaba nada de mí, ni rastro de la persona que quería ser.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“I never want to love someone like that, not even Matt, so much that there would be no room left for myself, so much that I wouldn’t be able to survive if he left me.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
“nadie puede cambiar lo que eres, excepto tú misma.”
― Jean Kwok, quote from Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok
Born place: Hong Kong
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“often dost thou utter that with thy tongue which thou wouldst not make good with thy deeds.”
― quote from The Mabinogion
“Mom and I were walking onteh beach and I was explaining to her how I wantd to "GET OVER all my INSECURITIES" and "La La... La.."....
and she looked at me and said
"Sabrina, does anyone realy feel good about themselves for MORE than 5 minutes?"
We both laughed. I was releaved to know she felt that way becuae she seems SO graceful, calm and beautiful, which she is.. but also full of so much more. Auestions, doubts + WONDER.
I think that if we can aim for just five minutes a day of complete acceptance of ourselves, we are doing very well!”
― Sabrina Ward Harrison, quote from Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself
“The Chinese had a saying that had been in her mind for a while, troubling her: Society prepares the crime; the criminal only commits it.”
― James Patterson, quote from Cat and Mouse
“Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics. I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis!”
― Sinclair Lewis, quote from It Can't Happen Here
“What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked.
"I just thought it might come in useful.”
"Were you planning to attack me?”
"No. But that’s a good idea.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Crocodile Tears
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