Julie Otsuka Quotes

“The woman, who did not always follow the rules, followed the rules.”

“She had slept and dreamed about her father again so she knew she was not at Tanforan.”

“We would never be mistaken for the enemy again!”

“I’m sorry. There. That’s it. I’ve said it. Now can I go?”

″‘And if anyone asks, you’re Chinese.’ The boy had nodded. ‘Chinese,’ he whispered. ‘I’m Chinese.‘”

“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.”