"Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan, loving me for whom I am, exactly the opposite of my mother, whose love I have to earn with great effort and with little success."

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Source : Yiyun Li (2007). “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories”, p.151, Random House

Yiyun Li

#Mother Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Effort Quotes

“We died like aunts of pets or foreigners.”
“Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.”
“My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.”
“Many of us are frightened to look within ourselves, and fear has us put up walls so thick we no longer remember who we really are.”
“Consular cards were not designed to be identification and no treaty recognizes them as such. Legal travelers, visitors and long-term residents carried passports, visas or green cards for that purpose.”
“I reckon I probably worked for Euripides a long time ago. I do think we have many Earth walks and it's possible that he's an old friend. Does that sound too stupid for words? Quite frankly I think I've been an actor in so many lifetimes.”
“I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe.”
“All of us knew that climbing was a sure way to stay poor, a lousy way to impress people and definitely no way to meet girls.”

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