“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I am merely a character in a poem.” SelfStoriesPoetryIdentityPoetPoemsPoetsCharactersKaren Tei YamashitaTropic Of Orange Book:Tropic of Orange Source: Tropic of Orange
“Just cuz you get to the end doesn’t mean you know what happened.” StoriesUnderstandingLearningEndEndingEndingsWhat HappenedKaren Tei YamashitaTropic Of Orange Book:Tropic of Orange Source: Tropic of Orange
“Time could heal, but it wouldn't make wrongs go away. Time came back like a reminder. Time folded with memory. In a moment, everything could fold itself up, and time stand still.” TimeMemoriesHealingMemoryKaren Tei YamashitaTropic Of Orange Book:Tropic of Orange Source: Tropic of Orange
“No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination forward.” EnoughImaginationCollectivesFascinationCheesyCrass Book:Tropic of Orange: A Novel Source: Tropic of Orange: A Novel
“The myth of the first world is that development is wealth and technology progress. It is all rubbish. It means that you are no longer human beings but only labor. It means that the land you live on is not earth but only property.” WorldFirstsHumansMeanEarthWealthHuman BeingsTechnologyProgressLandDevelopmentLaborPropertyMythRubbish Book:Tropic of Orange: A Novel Source: Tropic of Orange: A Novel