Evan Yang

“Impossible?" the goldfish man said. "Don't you see? Even fates written in the Book of Fortunes can be changed. How can anything be impossible?”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

“Do you remember the story I told you about the paper of happiness? And the secret, which was one word written over and over again? … I have thought a long time about what that word could have been,” Ba said. “Was it wisdom or honor? Love or truth? For a long time I liked to think that the word was kindness.”

Ma’s face remained hidden in Minli’s bed, but her sobs had stopped and Ba knew she was listening.

“But now,” Ba said, “I think, perhaps, the word was faith.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

“THESE PIECES ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU!”
― Grace Lin, Starry River of the Sky

“Minli suddenly thought of Ma and Ba. A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the tea could not moisten. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon