Julie Otsuka Quotes

• Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.

  Julie Otsuka

  Lunch, Next Day, One Day

  Julie Otsuka (2007). “When the Emperor Was Divine”, p.54, Anchor

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• And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of Spain." "In your dreams," said the boy. "In my dreams," said the girl, "I'm the King.

  Julie Otsuka

  Girl, Dream, Kings

  FaceBook post by Julie Otsuka from Dec 18, 2016

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• We forgot about Buddha. We forgot about God. We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed. I fear my soul has died. We stopped writing home to our mothers. We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.?

  Julie Otsuka

  Mother, Dream, Home

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• We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.

  Julie Otsuka

  Dream, Weight, Bleeding

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• Women are weak, but mothers are strong.

  Julie Otsuka

  Mother, Strong, Weak

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