--- title: "1 Meet Children Quotes By Grace Lin" description: "1 Meet Children quotes by Grace Lin. Plus more from Grace Lin and more Meet Children sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png" --- > [When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-they-ll-bring-me-photos-of-when/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png) ## More by Grace Lin > [When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was before Mulan, so I was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/when-i-was-younger-i-was-very-princessy-i-always-wanted-to-be-blond/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [I've always wanted to write an early reader. When I wrote my first novel, my goal was to make it an early reader, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/i-ve-always-wanted-to-write-an-early-reader-when-i-wrote-my-first/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/the-early-readers-are-in-between-books-for-the-kids-who-aren-t-ready/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/that-is-a-question-you-have-to-ask-the-old-man-of-the-moon/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-they-ll-bring-me-photos-of-when/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/if-you-make-happy-those-that-are-near-those-that-are-far-will-come/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“For even in the misty light, the goldfish man could see her smiling a secret smile up to the sky to where the mountain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/for-even-in-the-misty-light-the-goldfish-man-could-see-her-smiling-a/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/she-s-my-friend-the-boy-said-simply-that-s-who-she-is-and-that-s/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/whenever-i-see-her-we-laugh-enough-to-last-for-the-month-she-s-my/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/because-stories-are-how-we-share-our-lives-and-what-we-truly-mourn/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“Minli suddenly thought of Ma and Ba. A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the tea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/minli-suddenly-thought-of-ma-and-ba-a-wave-of-longing-washed-through/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You're always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/bringing-fortune-to-our-house-making-fruitless-mountain-bloom-you-re/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [Your imagination will create many friends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/your-imagination-will-create-many-friends/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“Yes," Ba said sadly, "it is impossible. But it is not ridiculous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/yes-ba-said-sadly-it-is-impossible-but-it-is-not-ridiculous/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) > [“A tearful queen was being led”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/a-tearful-queen-was-being-led/) [Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meet-children/grace-lin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Meet Children Quotes By Grace Lin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grace Lin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-they-ll-bring-me-photos-of-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when…” — Grace Lin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meet-children/grace-lin/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meet-children/grace-lin/", "name": "Meet Children Quotes by Grace Lin", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meet-children/grace-lin/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png" }, "description": "1 Meet Children quotes by Grace Lin. 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