Paper Wife Quotes

“It will seem impossible to take the first step. But on the second step, since you already did one, you know you can take another. Then another and another. Before long you will have walked into your new life.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Work hard, be kind, be humble—and you will live a harmonious life.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“We do not know our fate. This may be a forever goodbye; it may only be for years. My love for you will never waver, however long or however far.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“I asked my husband to teach my daughters to read and write so we would know one another should we be parted.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“They had believed they would marry progressive thinkers in Guangzhou—businessmen or scholars—who would be proud to have educated wives with natural feet.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Every time I see the moon, I shall send you a blessing, knowing the same moon will soon shine my blessing down upon you.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“there would always be flashes of beauty even in the midst of pain”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“May they be safe from all harm. May they be free from all suffering. May they know joy,”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“she was supposed to give up her own ancestors out of loyalty to her husband’s.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“A wife obeys her husband, yes,” Ahma instructed. “But a wise woman earns her own money and saves for the emergencies that a husband cannot see coming.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Cholera was a common companion of war—and far more fatal than metal blades or bullets.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Education was a luxury not prioritized in a time of war and famine.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Compassion is nothing to be ashamed of”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“It's never foolish to have a dream. Even if it never comes to be. It can give you the hope you need to keep going”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“She pinched the inside of her left arm hard, using the sudden pain to chase away her despair, a trick she’d used many times before to hide her feelings from the world.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Each of these kind and hardworking children came to me in a different way, but they are all mine.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Those two women bore precious children that I had the honor of raising. Thank you.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“It will seem impossible to take the first step. But on the second step, since you already did one, you know you can take another.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“She couldn’t ask for herself, but she extended the wish for Suk Suk’s soul: May he be safe from all harm. May he be free from all suffering. May he know joy. She did wish him release from the cycle of suffering.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Work hard, be kind, and be humble—and you will live a harmonious life.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“careless”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“May she be safe from all harm. May she be free from all suffering. May she know joy. CHAPTER 20 Oakland July 1924 Mei Ling’s extreme agitation was calmed by the visit with Siew, but her heart wasn’t at peace.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“all loyal Chinese people hated the Japanese for invading the Korean Peninsula and attempting to infringe on other Chinese territory. Nevertheless she followed June upstairs with the two children trailing behind,”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“May she be safe from all harm. May she be free from all suffering. May she know joy. May they all be safe from all harm. May they all be free from all suffering. May they all know joy.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“one she was foreign; in the other Chinese. Would her family recognize her in these clothes? Mei Ling finally settled on sending the Western picture so her family could see what she hoped to become.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“I never saw my mother again, but I carried her with me always.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife

“Our experience in dealing with the weaker races—the negroes and Indians, for example—is not encouraging. —US President”
― Laila Ibrahim, Paper Wife