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Julie Otsuka Quotes
Six of the best book quotes from Julie Otsuka
01
″‘And if anyone asks, you’re Chinese.’ The boy had nodded. ‘Chinese,’ he whispered. ‘I’m Chinese.‘”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the boy (When the Emperor Was Divine)
ᐧ
the mother (When the Emperor Was Divine)
characters
Chinese
ᐧ
lying
ᐧ
nationalities
concepts
02
“The woman, who did not always follow the rules, followed the rules.”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the mother (When the Emperor Was Divine)
character
rules
ᐧ
to follow
ᐧ
to follow the rules
concepts
03
“She had slept and dreamed about her father again so she knew she was not at Tanforan.”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the girl (When the Emperor Was Divine)
character
dreams
ᐧ
fathers
ᐧ
go to sleep
concepts
04
“We would never be mistaken for the enemy again!”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the boy (When the Emperor Was Divine)
ᐧ
the girl (When the Emperor Was Divine)
characters
enemy
ᐧ
never again
ᐧ
mistaken
concepts
05
“I’m sorry. There. That’s it. I’ve said it. Now can I go?”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the father (When the Emperor Was Divine)
character
questions
ᐧ
confessions
ᐧ
being sorry
concepts
06
“One night when the flies were very bad and they could not sleep he had sat up suddenly in his cot and told her that when he grew up he wanted to be a jockey.”
Julie Otsuka
author
When the Emperor Was Divine
book
the boy (When the Emperor Was Divine)
character
imagination
ᐧ
jockeys
ᐧ
fantasy
ᐧ
flies
ᐧ
not able to sleep
concepts
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Chinese
lying
nationalities
the boy (When the Emperor Was Divine)
the mother (When the Emperor Was Divine)
rules
to follow
to follow the rules
dreams
fathers
go to sleep
the girl (When the Emperor Was Divine)
enemy
never again
mistaken
questions
confessions
being sorry
the father (When the Emperor Was Divine)
imagination
jockeys
fantasy
flies
not able to sleep
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