Chris Ouyang

“Never worry about what you're escaping from," he said. "Worry about what you're escaping to.”
― Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

“There is no excuse for cruelty, but--at an orphanage--perhaps we are obliged to withhold love; if you fail to withhold love at an orphanage, you will create an orphanage that no orphan will willingly leave. You will create a Homer Wells--a true orphan, because his only home will always be at St. Cloud's.”
― John Irving, The Cider House Rules

“If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao