Jan

“Looking at Main Street’s row of shops reminded Young of her favorite market in Seoul, its legendary produce row—spinach green, pepper red, beet purple, persimmon orange. From its description, she would’ve thought it garish, but it was the opposite”
― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“In a way, he supposed, it was inevitable for immigrants to become child versions of themselves, stripped of their verbal fluency and, with it, a layer of their competence and maturity.”
― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“to Americans, verbiage was an inherent good, akin to kindness or courage. They loved words—the more, the longer, and more quickly said, the smarter and more impressive.”
― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

“All through the hotel, beds scraped, feet thumped to the floor. The future dead, rising to forestall.”
― Robin Oliveira, My Name is Mary Sutter