Education is a beautiful, liberating thing, but I think that tying in education and status, and the need to do well at… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I think it's not an accident that you don't have that many Asian American women writers who are breaking out. I don't… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I think that if you're a writer and a woman, then you have to take humiliation very well. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I think that the shame of being different is very painful for a lot of people. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I think that social migration to another economic class requires a kind of negotiating with yourself. And also, there's so much ambivalence… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I've often felt like an outsider, not necessarily because I'm Korean, an immigrant, or female. I think writers are odd people. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
If I meet a wise person, I think, 'Yes, tell me more about parenting, about marriage, about how to stay in love. Tell me… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“[...] I talk to the dead although I don't believe in ghosts. But it makes me feel good to speak with them. Maybe that… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“Casey glanced at her plate again, recalling the posters of her elementary school lunchroom: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. So, how much you ate… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“Hoonie used to listen carefully to all the men who brought him news, and he would nod, exhale resolutely, and then get up to… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I don't hold any contempt for people who are practicing law. I know how hard it is, I know how hard they work, and… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I moved to Queens, New York, when I was seven and a half. I went to middle school in a foreign country, but I… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“It wasn't uncommon to hear rationalizations of this sort--the longing to transform bad deeds into good ones. No one ever wanted to hear that… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“People are rotten everywhere you go. They’re no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I like making things. I enjoy putting words and images on a blank space. There should be joy in the writing itself because parts… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“What did Joseph say to his brothers who had sold him into slavery when he saw them again? “You intended to harm me, but… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
![“[...] I talk to the dead although I don't believe in ghosts. But it makes me feel good to speak with them. Maybe that is what God is. A good God wouldn't have let my babies die. I can't believe in that. My babies did nothing wrong." "I agree. They did nothing wrong." He looked at her thoughtfully…” quote by Min Jin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d9d/min-jin-lee-7625_after-life_i-talk-to-the-dead-although-i-don-t-beli_77396.jpg)
