Margot

“Through clothing, Casey was able to appear casual, urane, poor, rich, bohemian, proletariat. Now and again, she wondered what it'd be like to never want to look like anything at all- instead, to come as you are.”
― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

“Every minute matters. Every damn second. All those times you turn on the television or go to the movies or shop for things you don't need, all those times you stay at a bar sitting with some guy talking some nonsense about how pretty your Korean hair is, every time you sleep with the wrong man and wait for him to call you back, you're wasting your time. Your life. Your life matters, Casey. Every second. And by the time you're my age - you'll see that for every day and every last moment spent, you were making a choice. And you'll see that the time you had, that you were given, was wasted.”
― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

“Your truest feelings led you to greater and greater success in life. She had accomplished nearly impossible goals by recognizing her finest and ugliest feelings and everything in between.”
― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

“She drank her coffee from a Styrofoam cup and wondered what was the point of rising in the world if the height was so insecure.”
― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires