“The sofa is a mountain to climb, a valley for sleeping in, a place of ambush for surprise attacks on passing parents.” ChildhoodNaughtiness Book:Obasan Source: Obasan
“Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of one's life.” LanguageGardenToolsSoilClumsy Author:Joy Kogawa
“Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.” KindHandsFictionFirePagesPoetry IsSparksSwamps Author:Joy Kogawa
“People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind.” PeopleIfsKindUseSufferingWeaponsUncomfortableBadgesVictimization Book:Obasan Source: Obasan
