Jean Kwok

“Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves.”
― Jean Kwok, Girl in Translation

“Nobody can change who you are, except for you.”
― Jean Kwok, Girl in Translation

“The core power of tai chi begins with awareness. Our stance is the posture of infinity: not tense but relaxed and upright, expectant. From this nothingness, all things begin.”
― Jean Kwok, Mambo in Chinatown: A Novel

“In love and life, we never know when we are telling ourselves stories. We are the ultimate unreliable narrators.”
― Jean Kwok, Searching for Sylvie Lee

“I began to see beauty as something that could be unleashed from within a person rather than a set of physical features like a perfect nose or big eyes.”
― Jean Kwok, Mambo in Chinatown: A Novel

“When I’m with you, I could drink water and be full.”
― Jean Kwok, Girl in Translation