Wayson Choy > Quotes

“Yes, yes," Gee Sook said. "Look how Jung stands like a man today.”
― Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony

“I know I am a writer because until I’m writing I don’t know what I know.”
― Wayson Choy

“While we played, Meiying often sat by herself on the bench, huddled against the chill, looking at the library books on her lap, the pages glowing under the street lamp. The pages would sometimes turn in the wind, but she did not notice.”
― Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony

“Tears..." Pho-Poh told Mrs. Lim, as if her friend instead had asked the question. "... tears save us from damnation.”
― Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony