American Born Chinese Quotes

“This ‘Monkey King’ it speaks of no longer exists, for I have mastered twelve major disciplines of kung-fu and transcended my former title! I shall now be called—The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven!”

“I want you to pack up and go back to where you came from!”

“It made me nervous that someone could have so much power over me without even knowing it.”

“Look. You may be a king-you may even be a deity-but you are still a monkey. Have a good evening, sir.”

“You misunderstand my intentions, Jin. I did not come to punish you. I came to serve as your conscience—as a signpost to your soul.”

″‘Class, I’d like us all to give a warm Mayflower welcome to your new friend and classmate Jing Jang!’ ‘Jin Wang.’ ‘Jin Wang! He and his family moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!’ ‘San Francisco.’ ‘San Francisco!‘”

“I am no more worth 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?”

“I, too, am a deity! I am a committed disciple of the arts of kung-fu and I have mastered the four major heavenly disciplines, prerequisites to immortality!”

“It’s easy to become anything you wish, so long as you’re willing to forfeit your soul.”

“Chin-Kee, my cousin. He’s been visiting me once a year since the eighth grade. He comes for a week or two and follows me to school, talking his stupid talk and eating his stupid food. Embarrassing the crap out of me. By the time he leaves, no one things of me as Danny anymore. I’m Chin-Kee’s cousin.”