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title: "2 Glad Happened Quotes By Susan Choi"
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> [I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this not to be happening.' And, you know, as people say, time passes, and then you think, 'I'm kind of glad that happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-ve-at-times-in-my-past-been-so-unhappy-and-thought-like-i-would/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

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> [Ive at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, I would give anything for this not to be happening. And, you know, as people say, time passes, and then you think, Im kind of glad that happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/ive-at-times-in-my-past-been-so-unhappy-and-thought-like-i-would-give/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

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## More by Susan Choi

> [Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/innocence-as-we-understand-it-in-our-culture-is-very-theatrical-the/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“Coup de foudre; perhaps it was real. One went from believing, when twenty, that it was the one kind of love that was real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/coup-de-foudre-perhaps-it-was-real-one-went-from-believing-when/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [It's pathetic, but I don't really remember my first time reading 'The Great Gatsby.' I must have read it in high school. I'm pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/it-s-pathetic-but-i-don-t-really-remember-my-first-time-reading-the/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/the-most-shocking-act-closely-examined-is-just-a-louder-version-of/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this not to be happening.' And, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-ve-at-times-in-my-past-been-so-unhappy-and-thought-like-i-would/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“So perhaps it was her grief I felt as I gazed on this child not mine, and not even much of a child anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/so-perhaps-it-was-her-grief-i-felt-as-i-gazed-on-this-child-not-mine/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most reliable neighbor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-always-try-to-avoid-looking-at-the-section-where-my-books-would-be/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-ve-never-written-a-book-with-an-outline-or-a-predetermined-theme-it/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [It's still funny for me to think of myself as someone who writes historical fiction because it seems like a really fusty, musty term,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/it-s-still-funny-for-me-to-think-of-myself-as-someone-who-writes/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-didn-t-grasp-that-desire-and-duty-could-rival-each-other-least-of/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-stopped-writing-short-fiction-early-on-i-was-never-really-good-at/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“And I remembered now, too, my inadvertent youthful condescension, when the woman had said, apologizing for some information she couldn't recall, "I still remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/and-i-remembered-now-too-my-inadvertent-youthful-condescension-when/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“Something crossed his face, a pure motion like wind over water--I couldn't have guessed what emotion it was. "I'll miss you," he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/something-crossed-his-face-a-pure-motion-like-wind-over-water-i/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-was-the-daughter-of-an-immigrant-raised-to-feel-that-i-needed-to/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

> [“I couldn't let you believe we'd keep going, when we'd already lasted too long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-choi/i-couldn-t-let-you-believe-we-d-keep-going-when-we-d-already-lasted/)

[Susan Choi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-choi/)

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