Chiyeung Lau

“The children set out for school, no books in their packs, a sycamore they have ignored all summer aflame like the gilted-edged pages of a Bible magnified under glass.”
― Timothy Liu, Say Goodnight

“Will you believe me when I tell you there was kindness in his heart? His left hand didn't know what his right hand was doing. It was only that certain important connections had been burned through. If I opened up your head and ran a hot soldering iron around in your brain, I might turn you into someone like that.”
― Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son

“They were lonely and sad people, all three of them, and they would not make one another less sad, but they could, with great care, make a world that would accommodate their loneliness.”
― Yiyun Li, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl

“I play back everything that has happened to me before this. I want to ask Big Guy if he is doing this, too. I want him to know what it clearly seems to me: that if it’s true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive?”
― Amy Hempel, Reasons to Live