When the Future Comes Too Soon Quotes

“When there is ugliness all around, we must remind ourselves that beauty exists in this world.”
― Selina Siak Chin Yoke, When the Future Comes Too Soon

“It was the bicycle which allowed the Japanese Imperial Army to do what everyone else had said was impossible: traverse virgin jungle.”
― Selina Siak Chin Yoke, When the Future Comes Too Soon

“Years later, after Japan had already been rebuilt and had begun sending their wretched cars and electrical goods to our country, I took care never to give them my business. Life would have been easier if I’d bought one of their damned television sets or even their fridges, but I always thought of Hashimoto. I remembered my humiliation and refused to yield. I have never knowingly bought a Japanese product. Not one.”
― Selina Siak Chin Yoke, When the Future Comes Too Soon