The Other's Gold Quotes

“What she couldn't understand was people who didn't imagine everything.”
― Elizabeth Ames, The Other's Gold

“Surely, Ji Sun thought, after their grief wore off some, the Americans would be jarred into a recognition that they were part of an entire planet of people, some of whom, her own parents included, had been facing fears of buildings falling out of the sky for many years. But it seemed September 11 had had the opposite effect, and the Americans she knew became more obsessed with their Americanness than ever before, with what America meant, what America would do, and what that would mean (for America). The rest of the world was mere audience, at best,”
― Elizabeth Ames, The Other's Gold