In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Quotes

“I pledge allegiance to the frog of the United States of America and to the wee public for witches hands one Asian, under God, in the vestibule with little tea and just rice for all.”
― Bette Bao Lord, In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

“Be extra good. Upon your shoulders rests the reputation of all Chinese.”
― Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

“Still, Bandit dared not ask. How many times had she been told that no proper member of an upright Confucian family ever questioned the conduct of elders? Or that children must wait until invited to speak? Countless times. Only the aged were considered wise.”
― Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

“Father opened the bigger of the white boxes. “It’s easy. Everything needed is in here.” Eggs hung in the door, bottles with colored fluids stood on a shelf. There were beans, spinach and oranges in one drawer, slabs of meat in another.”
― Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

“By the time Shirley had entered the sixth-grade room at P. S. 8, she had forgotten the nightmare and, with it, her fears. At Mr. P’s Tommy O’Brien had snuck up from behind to tug a braid. “Hey, Chop Suey, how are you doey?” Grinning, he then bowed deeply. She thought it rather wonderful that he remembered something she had done so long ago.”
― Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson