Grace Lin · 282 pages
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“If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Yes," Ba said sadly, "it is impossible. But it is not ridiculous.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“You only lose what you cling to.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You're always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Fortune was not a house full of gold and jade, but something much more.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Stories are not a waste of time”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Impossible?" the goldfish man said. "Don't you see? Even fates written in the Book of Fortunes can be changed. How can anything be impossible?”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“For even in the misty light, the goldfish man could see her smiling a secret smile up to the sky to where the mountain meets the moon.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Minli suddenly thought of Ma and Ba. A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the tea could not moisten. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“Do you remember the story I told you about the paper of happiness? And the secret, which was one word written over and over again? … I have thought a long time about what that word could have been,” Ba said. “Was it wisdom or honor? Love or truth? For a long time I liked to think that the word was kindness.”
Ma’s face remained hidden in Minli’s bed, but her sobs had stopped and Ba knew she was listening.
“But now,” Ba said, “I think, perhaps, the word was faith.”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“او سرانجام فهمیده بود که خنده و سرخوشی دخترش با داشتن لباسهای زیبا و جواهرات بیشتر نمیشد و شور و شادی، مثل هدیه ای بسته بندی شده در انتظار باز شدن، داخل خانه ی خودش بود!”
― Grace Lin, quote from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin
Born date May 17, 2018
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“A flame that burns twice as bright lasts half as long.”
“You remind me of that flame Firebrand,” Riley murmured. “You burn so hot, and so bright, you set everything around you on fire. Just be careful that the people around you don’t get singed,” he said in a low voice. “Or that you don’t burn too hot, too quickly. The brightest flames are usually the ones that are extinguished first.”
― Julie Kagawa, quote from Rogue
“We all know our dates of birth but . . . every year there is another date that we pass over without knowing what it is but it is just as important it is the other date the death date.”
― Ali Smith, quote from Hotel World
“present moment holds the key to liberation.”
― Eckhart Tolle, quote from Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
“Aware of our deep failings, we pour contempt on our own hearts for wanting more. Oh, we long for intimacy and for adventure; we long to be the Beauty of some great story. But the desires set deep in our hearts seem like a luxury, granted only to those women who get their acts together. The message to the rest of us – whether from a driven culture or a driven church – is try harder.”
― John Eldredge, quote from Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“What?"
"You're so neat," she said, looking almost embarrassed.
He glanced pointedly over his shoulder. "There are four hundred on the other side of this door."
"But you're ruining me."
"I can't do it neatly?”
― Julia Quinn, quote from What Happens in London
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