The Magic Fish Quotes

“The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“Joy is a precious thing. And precious things are few. So we learn to hold on to them.”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“My past and present selves speak two different languages.”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“Your yearning, your desire to be other than what you are, may well be your undoing.”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“And she knew then how it must feel to want to live desperately.”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“This little book took me eight years to earn.
PASSPORT
United States of America
Was it worth the last eight years of my mother's life?
And what sort of daughter does that
make me?”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“My past and present selves speak two different languages”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

“The space between two shores is the ocean... and being caught in between feels like drowning”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish