“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“You could see it every time you looked at her: layered in her face was the baby she’d been and the child… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“She had spent the night planning and now that it was time, she hardly thought at all. It was as if she… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“One had followed the rules, and one had not. But the problem with rules... was that they implied a right way and… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“To a parent, your child wasn’t just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“To a parent, your child wasn't just a person: your child was a *place*, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When,… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
A good poem is an amazing thing: a perfectly distilled, articulate moment. It opens you up - sometimes slowly, like the blooming… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I was freelance proof-reading, freelance editing, creating illustrated slides for doctors' presentations - just so I'd have enough money to take the… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Now that I have a child of my own, I'm in awe of - and deeply grateful for - the time my… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
What's the best way to ensure a supply of good books in the future? Support up-and-coming writers now. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“The occasional embrace, a head leaned for just a moment on your shoulder, when what you really wanted more than anything was… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I don't think I know a single person who's a minority who hasn't experienced some form of discrimination at one time or… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Whenever he remembered this moment, it lasted forever: a flash of complete separateness as Lydia disappeared beneath the surface. Crouched on the… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“So let me tell you one more thing. It's something I remind myself, when confronted with hate and fear, something that I… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I resisted Twitter for a long time. To me, it was synonymous with networking, which in my mind means unceasing self-promotion and… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My parents used books as bribes: if I got straight A's on my report card, they would buy me one book. This… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“I'll tell you a secret. A lot of times, parents are not the best at seeing their children clearly.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“To a parent, your child wasn't just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Spend enough time wrangling a toddler, and you get good at being kind but firm. Like your child, you must be doggedly… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When you mention to people growing up in Cleveland they bring up the river catching on fire, or LeBron James leaving, they have these… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
It's so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To forget that… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
We have to figure out why we see the world in different ways and then how are we going to adjust so that we… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“I have measured my life with coffee spoons and do I dare to eat a peach?' 'DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“No one, she had learned from experience, could stand such silence for long. If you waited long enough, someone would start talking, and more… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Though she would never quite articulate it this way, resentment began to sheathe concern. ANGER IS FEAR'S BODYGUARD, a poster in the hospital hard… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Everyone sees race, Lex," said Moody. "The only difference is who pretends not to.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
