The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can't live with what they've done.”
“Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.”
“Today, tomorrow," she said. "A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it have gone out.”
“A name isn't a person,' Ga said. 'Don't ever remember someone by their name. To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they're always with you because they're a part of you.”
“Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.”
“Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.”
“In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range”
“[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”
“She's read every word I've written," he said. "That's the truest way to know someone's heart.”
“The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.”
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Book Keywords:
north-korea, orphans, communism, america, economics, obedience, imagination, capitalism, daily-living, memory, future
