American Panda Quotes

“I couldn't go through life as a shadow.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“And right now I had no idea where I ended and my parents began.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“If I lied, the real me would disappear.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“Once I stopped trying so damn hard to be someone else, I started to enjoy life. Being alone was hard, but better than feeling shitty about myself all the time”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“There was no right or wrong here. No morality. Just two roads, leading in different directions but both ending in heartbreak. Life was, as I was finding out, Choose Your Own Adventure with most of the fun stripped away.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“And for the record, I'm also not related to every other Chu out there.”
She sipped her water as we laughed. I thought of how in high school, everyone had assumed Ping Lu was my cousin, but no one assumed Ally Jones and Mike Jones were related.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“I like you, Darren, Lord Pecan, Sir Almond, and I want to date you, and just you. Like normal MIT students. I want to awkwardly hold your hand, share bowls of liquid nitrogen ice cream, and drop metallic sodium in the Charles.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“Oh God, sorry!" His thumb tasted like soap. Not the most appetizing, but there was nothing hotter than a man who washed his hands regularly.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

“Always myself—noodle slurper, face toucher, and all.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda