A Wish in the Dark Quotes

“You can't run away from darkness...It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“After a little while, he patted Pong's shoulder and smiled widely. "Thank you, my boy." "For what?" "For teaching me that desperate people deserve our compassion, not our judgement.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Is this how a dream died? On the lips of reasonable people?”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“The most vulnerable among us always deserve the greatest blessings.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“It's easy for you to follow the law," said Pong flatly. "It was written for people like you. For families like yours.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Ampai placed her hand on her chest. "He told me, 'May your courage never falter.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“The world wasn't what I wanted it to be," Pong went on. "Not Chattana. Not even Tanaburi. I thought if I ran far enough, I could find that perfect place where life is fair and everything is good. But even if I make it to the sea, even if I go all the way to the end of the world, I'll never find a place like that. It doesn't exist.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“My wish for you is that you find what you are looking for," the old man whispered.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Don't scorn what you can't have”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Which was better: being safe or having freedom? And did you have to choose?”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“You can’t run away from darkness,” Pong whispered. “It’s everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Chattana.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Father Cham had gathered up children, blessed them, and found them families. But here, the Governor was going to catch them like dogs and stick them in a pen.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Regulation”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“there?”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Stations,”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Governor.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Pong”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Nok held tight to her staff with sweaty palms. What should she do? Leave? Join her father on the other side of the bridge? This felt like a test she hadn’t prepared for.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“She turned the words around and around in her mind, trying to make sense of them, but she kept coming to the same conclusion.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“You can't run away from darkness. It's everywhere. The only way to see through it is to shine a light.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Everyone has an ember burning inside them.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“You have a good heart.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“May you walk in peace wherever you are in the world.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“they’re”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark