Vann Chow > Quotes

“If this constant bitter disappointment was love, then I was perfectly fine not to have anything to do with it.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“She doesn't need your money. Even a penniless fool like you can make her fall in love with you. That's just miracle.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“The only difference between having an affair here and having an affair there was that the American men would always ended up losing half of his estates over a woman he was infatuated just as much as the next tramp who would come his way, while Japanese men would only earn more respect from their subordinates through the possession of much younger women, as a sign of prowess and affluence, while their wives at home, as if there were rule books distributed nationally on the “proper” marriage etiquette for all young Japanese women to read before they enter into the matrimony, would turn a blind eye on their disloyalty quietly.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Some of us are looking at the stars, but all of us are living in the gutter.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Love is like wine, it gets better everyday.”
― Vann Chow

“The regret, these two words were etched into my forehead, I was sure.”
― Vann Chow

“Are there moments when our brains are not exercising?” I questioned. “That would be almost like being brain dead...”
― Vann Chow

“Guess I am going to take a man-nap. Wake me up when there is food.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Understand that I am even ignored by the opposite sex on the internet.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Between the new, happy him, and the old, depressing him, there stood in the way only his lack of imagination.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Japanese are one of the most punctual people he had ever worked with. They could, he imagined, put the Germans to shame in their high expectation for timeliness.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Having a date with someone other than your ex-wife after being a married man for more than twenty five years was an important occasion alright, but wearing a tie she bought with such strong emotional value attached to it was a form of cowardice, a subconscious reluctance to let go.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“I barely took a moment to appreciate nature. Come to think of it, the
only time I did it was when I was so upset I wanted to commit suicide in the
Huang Pu river.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“And now that I have been scammed once, I felt like it could not happen to me again.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“You just cannot have the same thing twice without being disappointed.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Fools

“While I still did not know what self- actualization that sat on the top level of the pyramid meant, I could believe
that if I knew I would be able to say something positive about it as well in
my life.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Minding his own business had been his motto living in a strange foreign country with a world-recognized social issue of failing morals.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“It was lonely to be so perfect in all respects.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“I guess even smart students gossips just like regular people.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“I am a loser in my own plot, but I might be the hero in someone else's plot.”
― Vann Chow

“He advised that I could invest in stocks to make money. Given that I have a negative balance, that was where the conversation stopped.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“There was nothing so special about First Class, apart from the amount of uncalled for, almost disturbing, attention I got from the various six-feet tall heavily made up air hostesses, that I would come back for more given the steep price tag.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“He felt as if he has heard similar stories before. The wimp at school had grown to become stronger than the bully. And by some devious twist of fate, he would pop back into your life years later and take his revenge in the most unimaginable ways, and make sure that you suffer as much, or more, than he ever did before.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Happiness in a family really revolves around how much money I have in my disposal.”
― Vann Chow, Shanghai Nobody

“The face of self-pity was universally understood.”
― Vann Chow

“I love America for its bourgeois comfort. If I was as heavily in debt as they are, I wouldn't be drinking tea or coffee anywhere. I would be sipping tap water from an old bottle and serving others tea or coffee in a cafe somewhere.”
― vann chow, Shanghai Nobody

“If you never persisted, you will never succeed.”
― Vann Chow