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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

Top 10 Best Quotes

“If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.”

“Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever.”

“She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.”

“You only lose what you cling to.”

“Yes," Ba said sadly, "it is impossible. But it is not ridiculous.”

“Stories are not a waste of time”

“Fortune was not a house full of gold and jade, but something much more.”

“That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.”

“Impossible?" the goldfish man said. "Don't you see? Even fates written in the Book of Fortunes can be changed. How can anything be impossible?”

“Bringing fortune to our house! Making Fruitless Mountain bloom! You're always wishing to do impossible things! Stop believing stories and stop wasting your time.”

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