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> [Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on the fire escape. I read at the dinner table. I read late into the night in my room.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/books-have-always-been-my-home-i-ransacked-the-library-regularly-from/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

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## More by Mitali Perkins

> [Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on the fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/books-have-always-been-my-home-i-ransacked-the-library-regularly-from/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [I hope and pray that despite an unhealed past full of atrocities and deep divisions in the present, God can and will make "the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/i-hope-and-pray-that-despite-an-unhealed-past-full-of-atrocities-and/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/keep-reading-and-writing-learn-how-to-revise-and-push-through/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/american-and-vietnamese-characters-alike-leap-to-life-through-the/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [“rule number eight: noting ventured, nothing gained”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/rule-number-eight-noting-ventured-nothing-gained/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [America inevitably "brings the distant near" because apart from members of the Native Nations, all of us originated in faraway places. Sadly, proximity within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/america-inevitably-brings-the-distant-near-because-apart-from-members/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/there-weren-t-too-many-books-featuring-other-cultures-and-countries/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [Good humor pokes fun at the powerful — not the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/good-humor-pokes-fun-at-the-powerful-not-the-weak/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [We adults all stay sixteen or so in some corner of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/we-adults-all-stay-sixteen-or-so-in-some-corner-of-the-soul/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/i-learned-to-read-when-i-was-three-so-i-skipped-right-over-picture/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [“what counted was helping her father achieve his dream-and finding interesting stuff to put in her blog.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/what-counted-was-helping-her-father-achieve-his-dream-and-finding/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/if-you-have-a-chance-to-see-children-of-war-you-can-watch-expert/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free, creative lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/it-s-a-lovely-adaptation-that-honors-lois-lowry-s-vision-and/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

> [Research is always a high priority in my fiction. Songs, fashion, politics, television, movies, trends - I try to get those details right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitali-perkins/research-is-always-a-high-priority-in-my-fiction-songs-fashion/)

[Mitali Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitali-perkins/)

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