Colors of the Mountain Quotes

“Do you still want to be a farmer?' Mom asked.
I shook my head.
'Then study hard. You can choose your future, your sisters and brother can't. You're lucky. If they had blisters like yours, they would still have to be there till the last stem was harvested. It's their life.”
― Da Chen, Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir

“A poor child knew what it meant to be poor. We didn't ask for much, and sometimes we didn't even ask.”
― Da Chen, Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir

“had simply wanted them to be ignorant, so they wouldn’t be aware of what a fiend he really was.”
― Da Chen, Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir