Susie Luo > Quotes

“Her life only belonged to her, and she could do with it whatever she wanted”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“He had sacrificed for me, and in turn, I had sacrificed parts of myself to make him feel as though it had all been worth it.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“Oliver wondered if this was Tammy’s convoluted way of pining for a designer purse. A tactic that past girlfriends had used.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“Poor. We were poor, but our poor wasn't the stealing bread kind. It was the kind where, if we ordered the Chicken McNuggets, we couldn't add a side of fries.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“There was always going to be a ceiling for me. Whether I stayed in China or came to America. But here, in America, there's no ceiling for you.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“That was the thing with secrets -- no matter how much you pushed them down, they longed for freedom. And when the right person was in front of you, when the right time came, they sprung in search of the light.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“Holding hands with Vince felt like donning a shield.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names

“Repetition. That was my father’s philosophy on learning. It applied not only to the piano, but my studies too. Before every test, he made me write out every single word from the textbook chapter, twice.”
― Susie Luo, Paper Names: A Novel