Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of one's life. — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“From my years of teaching I know it's the children who say nothing who are in trouble more than the ones who complain.” — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“I hate to admit it," she said, "but for all we hear about the States, Canada's capacity for racism seems even worse." "Worse?" "The… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of one's life. — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“some memories, too, might better be forgotten. didn't Obasan once say, "it is better to forget"? what purpose is served by hauling forth the… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“we're a "lower order of people" in one breath we are damned for being "unassailable" and the next there is fear that we'll assimilate.… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“Some people," Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There's… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
“In a time like this, let us trust in God even more. To trust when life is easy is no trust.” — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire. — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
