Tropic of Orange Quotes

“Just cuz you get to the end doesn’t mean you know what happened.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange

“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket.
'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I am merely a character in a poem.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange

“Time could heal, but it wouldn't make wrongs go away. Time came back like a reminder. Time folded with memory. In a moment, everything could fold itself up, and time stand still.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange

“No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination forward.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange

“Looks like they can't talk. Why not? War does that. You can't talk.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange

“In this city, you have to risk your life; go farther, and pay more to be poor.”
― Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange