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“Violists hate it when we violinists crack viola jokes.”
― Paula Yoo

“My dad graduated from the most prestigious university in Korea and designs computer software for some of the largest banks in New England. Even though he has a thick Korean accent, he speaks fluent English. And he has a daughter—me—who has a very good shot of getting into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. But to people like Stephanie’s mom none of that matters, because the only thing she can—and will ever—see is the color of our skin. So what’s the point of getting into a good college and becoming successful, if in the end I’ll still run into more people like Stephanie’s mom who will never, ever believe that I’m good enough?”
― Paula Yoo, Good Enough: A Hilarious YA Debut About a Korean American Girl Torn Between Her Violin Dreams and Ivy League Expectations