Chaos Quote by Min Jin Lee

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.

— Min Jin Lee

“[...] I talk to the dead although I don't believe in ghosts. But it makes me feel good to speak with them. Maybe that…

— Min Jin Lee

“Casey glanced at her plate again, recalling the posters of her elementary school lunchroom: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. So, how much you ate…

— Min Jin Lee

“Hoonie used to listen carefully to all the men who brought him news, and he would nod, exhale resolutely, and then get up to…

— Min Jin Lee

I don't hold any contempt for people who are practicing law. I know how hard it is, I know how hard they work, and…

— Min Jin Lee

I moved to Queens, New York, when I was seven and a half. I went to middle school in a foreign country, but I…

— Min Jin Lee

I have romantic ideas about home and what it should mean.

— Min Jin Lee

“It wasn't uncommon to hear rationalizations of this sort--the longing to transform bad deeds into good ones. No one ever wanted to hear that…

— Min Jin Lee

“People are rotten everywhere you go. They’re no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his…

— Min Jin Lee

I like making things. I enjoy putting words and images on a blank space. There should be joy in the writing itself because parts…

— Min Jin Lee

“What did Joseph say to his brothers who had sold him into slavery when he saw them again? “You intended to harm me, but…

— Min Jin Lee

“Sunja-ya, a woman’s life is endless work and suffering. There is suffering and then more suffering. It’s better to expect it, you know. You’re…

— Min Jin Lee