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> [“From my years of teaching I know it's the children who say nothing who are in trouble more than the ones who complain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/from-my-years-of-teaching-i-know-it-s-the-children-who-say-nothing/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

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## More by Joy Kogawa

> [“From my years of teaching I know it's the children who say nothing who are in trouble more than the ones who complain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/from-my-years-of-teaching-i-know-it-s-the-children-who-say-nothing/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [“I hate to admit it," she said, "but for all we hear about the States, Canada's capacity for racism seems even worse." "Worse?" "The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/i-hate-to-admit-it-she-said-but-for-all-we-hear-about-the-states/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of one's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/language-to-me-is-a-tool-a-very-clumsy-tool-and-words-are-garden/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [“some memories, too, might better be forgotten. didn't Obasan once say, "it is better to forget"? what purpose is served by hauling forth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/some-memories-too-might-better-be-forgotten-didn-t-obasan-once-say-it/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [“we're a "lower order of people" in one breath we are damned for being "unassailable" and the next there is fear that we'll assimilate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/we-re-a-lower-order-of-people-in-one-breath-we-are-damned-for-being/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [“Some people," Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/some-people-aunt-emily-answered-sharply-are-so-busy-seeing-all-sides/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/fiction-on-the-other-hand-is-like-swamp-fire/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [“In a time like this, let us trust in God even more. To trust when life is easy is no trust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/in-a-time-like-this-let-us-trust-in-god-even-more-to-trust-when-life/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/people-who-talk-a-lot-about-their-victimization-make-me-uncomfortable/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

> [Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-kogawa/poetry-is-a-kind-of-gasp-and-there-it-is-a-spark-on-the-page-fiction/)

[Joy Kogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-kogawa/)

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