Monique Vic

“What a tragedy that would have been, living an interchangeable life, looking for interchangeable excitements.”
― Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

“A year is a year anywhere, a day is a day for everyone, and yet with a few tricks these archivists make others believe that they have packed something into their days, something precious, enviable, everlasting, that is not available to everyone.”
― Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

“Love from those who cannot damage us irreparably often feels insufficient; we may think, rightly or wrongly, that their love does not matter at all.”
― Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

“Few of us would make a fool of ourselves in pressing the animals to give us serious answers about their lives, but we do that all the time to other people.”
― Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose