American Born Chinese Quotes

"I cannot let you in--you haven't any shoes." (13-14)

"It's easy to become anything you wish...so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul." (29)

"Perhaps Chin-kee can find pletty Amellican girl for hisself when he attend Amellican school tomollow wiff cousin Da-nee!" (51)

"I created you. I say that you are a monkey. Therefore, you are a monkey." (69)

"Jin is my very best friend. I owe Jin very much." (101)

"I'm nothing like him! I don't even know how we're related!" (123)

"I am no more worthy of love than you, yet Tze-Yo-Tzuh loves me deeply and faithfully, providing for my daily needs. How can I not respond in kind?" (137)

"It's just that she's a good friend and I want to make sure she makes good choices, you know?" (179)

"Now that I've revealed my true form, perhaps it is time to reveal yours." (213)

"For his test of virtue, Wei-Chen was asked to live in the mortal world for forty years, all the while remaining free of human vice." (217)

"I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey." (223)



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