The Pachinko Girl Quotes

“The only difference between having an affair here and having an affair there was that the American men would always ended up losing half of his estates over a woman he was infatuated just as much as the next tramp who would come his way, while Japanese men would only earn more respect from their subordinates through the possession of much younger women, as a sign of prowess and affluence, while their wives at home, as if there were rule books distributed nationally on the “proper” marriage etiquette for all young Japanese women to read before they enter into the matrimony, would turn a blind eye on their disloyalty quietly.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Some of us are looking at the stars, but all of us are living in the gutter.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Japanese are one of the most punctual people he had ever worked with. They could, he imagined, put the Germans to shame in their high expectation for timeliness.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Having a date with someone other than your ex-wife after being a married man for more than twenty five years was an important occasion alright, but wearing a tie she bought with such strong emotional value attached to it was a form of cowardice, a subconscious reluctance to let go.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Between the new, happy him, and the old, depressing him, there stood in the way only his lack of imagination.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Minding his own business had been his motto living in a strange foreign country with a world-recognized social issue of failing morals.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“He felt as if he has heard similar stories before. The wimp at school had grown to become stronger than the bully. And by some devious twist of fate, he would pop back into your life years later and take his revenge in the most unimaginable ways, and make sure that you suffer as much, or more, than he ever did before.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“May foolishness extinct itself after her, followed by honesty, integrity, kindness, hope, love and all its poisonous derivatives that plagued those that treasured them.”
― Vann Chow, The Pachinko Girl

“Be quiet as a Hebi, a snake and quick as a Kitsune, a fox, the two cardinal rules of being a paparazzi.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl

“Still he considered playing Pachinko the best investment of his free time, soaking in the local stench and bad breathe of other lonely Japanese people as an alternative way of blending into the colorful local scenes which he yearned to be a part of.”
― Vann Chow, The White Man and the Pachinko Girl