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> [“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough lavish, imprudent ones to feed them. It is true, though, that there are some French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/the-irony-of-acquiring-a-foreign-tongue-is-that-i-have-amassed-just/)

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## More by Monique Truong

> [“Anh Minh believed that if he could save three minutes here, five minutes there, then one day he could tally them all up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/anh-minh-believed-that-if-he-could-save-three-minutes-here-five/)

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> [“But that, I am afraid, was my mistake from the very beginning, the fatal flaw in my design. I thought that I could suffocate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/but-that-i-am-afraid-was-my-mistake-from-the-very-beginning-the-fatal/)

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> [“When they are like this, I remember what the man on the bridge had told me: "The French are all right in France." What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/when-they-are-like-this-i-remember-what-the-man-on-the-bridge-had/)

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> [“I know you are in your best áo dài. You bought it when you were just eighteen. Gray is not a color for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/i-know-you-are-in-your-best-o-d-i-you-bought-it-when-you-were-just/)

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> [“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/the-irony-of-acquiring-a-foreign-tongue-is-that-i-have-amassed-just/)

[Monique Truong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monique-truong/)

> [“Language is a house with a host of doors, and I am too often uninvited and without the keys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/language-is-a-house-with-a-host-of-doors-and-i-am-too-often-uninvited/)

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> [“I am forced to admit that I am, to them, nothing but a series of destinations with no meaningful expanses in between. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/i-am-forced-to-admit-that-i-am-to-them-nothing-but-a-series-of/)

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> [“She laughed that sharp, quick laugh that smart girls all had, until they found out that the sound of brilliance flashing made boys nervous.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/she-laughed-that-sharp-quick-laugh-that-smart-girls-all-had-until/)

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> [“After a week's worth of failed fairy tales—stories that made my eyelids flutter open and not shut—my father tried telling me stories that belonged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/after-a-week-s-worth-of-failed-fairy-tales-stories-that-made-my/)

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> [Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/alcohol-i-had-learned-was-an-eloquent-if-somewhat-inaccurate/)

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> [“Obey,' like 'worship,' is a strong word. Her mother and father had told her so, and she believed them. They gave her life, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/obey-like-worship-is-a-strong-word-her-mother-and-father-had-told-her/)

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> [“There is no forgiveness in ancestor worship, only retribution and eternal debt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/there-is-no-forgiveness-in-ancestor-worship-only-retribution-and/)

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> [“As a father, he was generous. More or less. The "less" was because he never gave me what I wanted. He gave me only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/as-a-father-he-was-generous-more-or-less-the-less-was-because-he/)

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> [Words, do not have twins in every language. Sometimes they only have distant cousins, and sometimes they pretend that they are not even related.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/words-do-not-have-twins-in-every-language-sometimes-they-only-have/)

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> [Although we strap time to our wrists, stuff it into our pockets, hang it on our walls, a perpetually moving picture for every room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-truong/although-we-strap-time-to-our-wrists-stuff-it-into-our-pockets-hang/)

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