Monique Vic

“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

“Morning and evening make a day. Days and nights make a week, a month, a life. Drop me into any moment, point me in any direction, and I could retrace my life. Details beget details. With all those details one might hope for the full picture. A full picture of what, though? The more we remember, the less we understand.”
― Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

“A story has to be written out. How else do we get our revenge?”
― 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