Garden of Rose Quotes

“Age?
I am at the age
where people treat you like a kid
but expect you to be mature
so please put down eighty-eight
when I want to be treated properly, I am eighty
when I am a smudge of red, I am eight”
― Rose Yu, Garden of Rose

“and everyone knows today there will be bloodshed”
― Rose Yu, Garden of Rose

“When I met him, he only murmured in a low voice
“If,” he said, “if, if, if, if, if.”
― Rose Yu, Garden of Rose

“I want to be your moon”
― Rose Yu, Garden of Rose

“Add in subtle changes; more subtle changes; differences; differences that you both sensed; weeping after lights-out; sobbing after lights-out; trying to work things out; trying to figure out what happened; useless talks; things that changed; things that did not change; blank time; blank space; space; words; delete; the word “jerk” in five different languages; mutual friends; lies; truth; lies; lies that you don’t realize that they are lies; lies that turn into truth; truth; truth.”
― Rose Yu, Garden of Rose