Prairie Lotus Quotes

“It still is Indian land. Stolen by white people. You steal something, that doesn’t make it yours.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“For the person who is sour, do something sweet.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“To save time, take time.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“Clean and neat. You don’t have to be fancy. But clean and neat shows respect to other people. And respect to yourself.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“I always cared about the unfairness. But I used to think only of how white people treated Chinese people. Now I know it’s about how white people treat anybody who isn’t white. She couldn’t bring herself to say that to Papa.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“Sometimes beautiful things aren’t for buying. They’re for dreaming.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“You stop thinking about yourself. That’s where the sadness is, inside you. You look outside instead. At other people. You do things for other people, it fills you with good feelings, less room for the bad ones.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus

“Finish,” Mama had said. “Good work is no good if you don’t finish.”
― Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus