Chu Ju's House Quotes

“I hope the day will come when everyone can have books that tell the truth.”
― Gloria Whelan, Chu Ju's House

“You are as good-hearted as I believed," the woman said, "but you are foolish as well to take such a thing on yourself. Yet what kindhearted person does not have some foolishness about him.”
― Gloria Whelan, Chu Ju's House

“But Chu Ju," Han Na said to me, and took my hand in hers, "do not think that the land is payment for caring for me. There can be no payment for that. Where there was your love, there is only my love.”
― Gloria Whelan, Chu Ju's House

“A soft wind rippled the rice, making green waves on a green ocean. Beyond our paddy were endless paddies, endless green oceans whose harvest would one day fill a million bowls. In the distance a heron stalked a frog, piercing it with its sharp beak, throwing it up in the air, and swallowing it with one gulp. With all the plenty there was cruelty. There had been Han Na's love as wide as a hai and now she was gone, snatched from me forever. I hunched down and, covering my face with my hands, cried until there were no tears left.”
― Gloria Whelan, Chu Ju's House

“In our search for a son, we lost a daughter.”
― Gloria Whelan, Chu Ju's House