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Jamie Ford

(1968) Writer United States

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Jamie Ford is a writer from the United States, best known for Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet.

Quick Facts About Jamie Ford

Born: July 9, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet

About Jamie Ford

Jamie Ford is an American author. He is best known for his debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The book spent 130 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and was also awarded best "Adult Fiction" book at the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The book was also named the No. 1 Book Club Pick for Fall 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature

Quotes by Jamie Ford

It reminded him that time was short, but that beautiful endings could still be found at the end of cold, dreary days.

Beautiful

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“You can't expect children to sew their own gaping wounds without leaving a terrible scar.”

Children

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“At least we have the record, Henry thought. A reminder of a place where people didn't seem to care what you looked…

Music

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“...the mechanics of dying...”

Death

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“As you play this record, I hope you'll think of the good, not the bad. Of what was, not what wasn't meant…

Friendship

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Henry, this isn't about us. I mean it is, but they don't define you by the button you wear. They define you…

Action

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“We all have things we don’t talk about, Ernest thought. Even though, more often than not, those are the things that make…

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He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.

Family

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“You can’t take credit for stuff that goes back to before you were even born. You understand me?”

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“The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway…

Dreams

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“We don’t get to choose our parents,” Sunny said. “If we did, some of us might choose never to be born at…

Parenting

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A young nurse, someone new whom he didn't recognise, came up to Henry and patted him on the arm. "Are you a…

Air

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All good things come to an end. All bad things go on forever.

Bad thing

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“Feelings can only be hidden so long from those who really pay attention. page 141”

Focus

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As an author, I get paid to break my own heart on a regular basis.

Bases

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“Marty stayed busy as a chemistry major at Seattle University,”

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But choosing to lovingly care for her was like steering a plane into a mountain as gently as possible. The crash is…

Care

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“He was awed at her touch and what the human heart is capable of feeling - such sadness, such shame, but such…

Acceptance

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“The more Henry though about the shabby old knickknacks, the forgotten treasures, the more he wondered if his own broken heart might…

Another time

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“From character Henry Lee in the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, " He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what…

Families

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There are people in our lives whom we love, and lose, and unfailingly long for. They orbit our hearts like Halley’s Comet,…

Comets

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The library is like a candy store where everything is free.

Candy

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After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.

Emotional

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“A long sabbatical into her day-to-day care, part of the mechanics of dying. He’d done all he could. But choosing to lovingly…

Day care

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“Henry looked up and down the empty avenue—no cars or trucks anywhere. No bicycles. No paperboys. No fruit sellers or fish buyers.…

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