Quote by Lisa Ko Download Open image ““He had never known how exhausting it was to be conspicuous.”” — Lisa Ko ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“This had happened to him before - in an effort to disappear, he had made himself more conspicuous.” — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“He was a past master of making himself seem insignificant, of seeming invisible.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“He relished never knowing what lay in his path, who might approach with what intention.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“He would never be that way again. He would never have the power of that specific kind of not-knowing.” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“It never failed to astonish him, then or ever, how much of the world around him was mysterious and hidden from view.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“It was not his habit to dwell on what might have been but what could never be.” — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
“In Ridgeborough, when Deming Guo was no longer a name that was said aloud, he used to picture the Other Deming and Other Mama,… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“Daniel was malleable, everyone and no one, a collector of moods, a careful observer of the right thing to say. He watched other people’s… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“If he could just talk to his mother in person, maybe he could figure out who he should be.” — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“The other instructors, even his mother, laughed at him for making work harder for himself and not teaching the workbook. But his students were… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“The boat rocked in the waves, and as I saw the lights of Kowloon come through the fog, I held the railing, breathless. How… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“Daniel was malleable, everyone and no one, a collector of moods, a careful observer of the right thing to say.” — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“Always be prepared, she liked to say. Never rely on anyone else to give you things you could get yourself. She despised laziness, softness,… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“Deming and his mother loved everything bagels, the sheer balls of it, the New York audacity that a bagel could proclaim to be everything,… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“It was that kind of mindfuck: to be too visible and invisible at the same time, in the ways it mattered the most.” — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“My father used to say women yapped too much, that some women would be better off not talking at all. So I’d grown up… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
“It was a funny thing, forgiveness. You could spend years being angry with someone and then realize you no longer felt the same, that… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
