--- title: "3 John Okada Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "American writer... | John Kozo Okada was a Japanese American novelist known for his critically acclaimed novel No-No Boy. Browse 3 John Okada quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-john-okada-88620.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Okada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-john-okada-88620.jpg) # John Okada (1923–1971) Writer **3** quotes in **11** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Okada was a writer. ## Quick Facts About John Okada Born September 23, 1923 Died February 20, 1971 Profession Writer ## About John Okada American writer... \| John Kozo Okada was a Japanese American novelist known for his critically acclaimed novel No-No Boy. ## Quotes by John Okada > [“This is the way it ought to be, he thought to himself, to be able to dance with a girl you like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-okada/this-is-the-way-it-ought-to-be-he-thought-to-himself-to-be-able-to/) [John Okada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-okada/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/john-okada-88620_acceptance_this-is-the-way-it-ought-to-be-he-though_348899.jpg) > [“...Love is not something you save and hoard. You're born with it and you spend it when you have to and there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-okada/love-is-not-something-you-save-and-hoard-you-re-born-with-it-and-you/) [John Okada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-okada/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/john-okada-88620_love_love-is-not-something-you-save-and-hoard_1407493.jpg) > [“There is a period between each night and day when one dies for a few hours, neither dreaming nor thinking nor tossing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-okada/there-is-a-period-between-each-night-and-day-when-one-dies-for-a-few/) [John Okada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-okada/) [Dying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dying/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/john-okada-88620_dying_there-is-a-period-between-each-night-and_2416739.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-okada/#itemlist", "name": "John Okada Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is the way it ought to be, he thought to himself, to be able to dance with a girl you like and really get a kick out of it because everything’ on an even keel and one’s worries are of the usual ones of unpaid bills and sickness in the family and being late to work too often. Wh can’t it be that way for me? Nobody’s looking twice at us. Nobody’s asking me where I was during the war or what the hell I am doing back on the coast. There’s no trouble to be had without looking for it. Everything’s the same, just as it used to be. No bad feelings except for those that have always been and probably always will. It’s a matter of attitude. Mine needs changing. I’ve got to love the world the way I used to. I’ve got to love it and the people so I’ll feel good, and feeling good will make life worthwhile. There’s no point in crying about what’s done. There’s a place for me and Emi and Freddie here on the dance floor and out there in the hustle of things if we’ll let it be that way. I’ve been fighting it and hating it and letting my bitterness against myself and Ma and Pa and even Taro throw the whole universe out of perspective. I want only to go on living and be happy. 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