“... a mistake isn't always a mistake. ... Sometimes a mistake is actually an opportunity, but we just can't see it right then and there.”
―
Kelly Yang,
Front Desk
“But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Sometimes terrible things happen, but there's nothing more terrible than not having anybody to tell it to.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“So what'd you write about?''I wrote about how last weekend my parents and I waited in line at the movies for an hour, and when we finally got up to the ticket booth lady, they were sold out! Isn't that sad?''That is super sad,' I said, wishing, hoping, one day that would be my super sad.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“Do you ever get the feeling like everyone’s looking at you but no one actually sees you?” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“As she starts the car, I put my feet up on the dash. Two girls from opposite sides of the earth, emerging from the ashes, stronger.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Girl, justice is something Americans invented to sell movies” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“You know what you are in English? You’re a bicycle, and the other kids are cars.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
“Race might be a social construct, but racism’s as real as the clouds,” he said, pointing at the sky. “You can see it, and you can feel it when it pours.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Tomorrow, she'll get up and say a bunch of woke words she doesn't believe, and everyone will clap and smile and feel good about themselves, while the world continues to spin in the sexist, racist, classist mess that it is.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Friendship is kind of like a river -- there are ebbs and flows. Jus because you're in an ebb doesn't mean the whole river's dried up.” ― Kelly Yang, Room to Dream
“The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Sometimes a mistake is actually an opportunity, but we just can't see it right then and there" -Dad” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“Going to school in America is sort of like learning to swim … in the ocean.” ― Kelly Yang, Room to Dream
“We’re immigrants,” she said. “Our lives are never fair.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
“It’s like being a pencil, when everyone else is a pen,” she finally said. “You worry you can be erased anytime.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Sometimes terrible things happen, but there's nothing more terrible than not having anybody to tell it to.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“So what'd you write about?''I wrote about how last weekend my parents and I waited in line at the movies for an hour, and when we finally got up to the ticket booth lady, they were sold out! Isn't that sad?''That is super sad,' I said, wishing, hoping, one day that would be my super sad.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“Do you ever get the feeling like everyone’s looking at you but no one actually sees you?” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“As she starts the car, I put my feet up on the dash. Two girls from opposite sides of the earth, emerging from the ashes, stronger.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Girl, justice is something Americans invented to sell movies” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“You know what you are in English? You’re a bicycle, and the other kids are cars.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
“Race might be a social construct, but racism’s as real as the clouds,” he said, pointing at the sky. “You can see it, and you can feel it when it pours.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Tomorrow, she'll get up and say a bunch of woke words she doesn't believe, and everyone will clap and smile and feel good about themselves, while the world continues to spin in the sexist, racist, classist mess that it is.” ― Kelly Yang, Parachutes
“Friendship is kind of like a river -- there are ebbs and flows. Jus because you're in an ebb doesn't mean the whole river's dried up.” ― Kelly Yang, Room to Dream
“The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
“Sometimes a mistake is actually an opportunity, but we just can't see it right then and there" -Dad” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk
“Going to school in America is sort of like learning to swim … in the ocean.” ― Kelly Yang, Room to Dream
“We’re immigrants,” she said. “Our lives are never fair.” ― Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
“It’s like being a pencil, when everyone else is a pen,” she finally said. “You worry you can be erased anytime.” ― Kelly Yang, Three Keys
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