Gene Luen Yang Quotes

After all, though our yesterdays may be different, we all share the same tomorrow.

There is no right or wrong apart from what you decide.
Who you chose to defend deserves to be defended simply because
you
chose them. You are the
Fire Lord.
What you chose, by definition, is
right.

Tell me, Little Bao, have you ever gotten close to woman?'
'Well. . . '
'Close enough to smell her?'
'No.'
'Ah! Even when they stink they smell like heaven! Women are something else? They're. . . they're magic!

To find your true identity within the will of Tze Yo Tzuh...that is the highest of all freedoms.

You have to know your past if you want to create a future.

[S]ometimes, a fight you cannot win is still worth fighting.

Oh, cruel abandonment! My bones turn to dust beneath the gaze of your ever-mocking smile!

"Wait."
"So what am I supposed to do now?"

"You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey."

(222-223)

I do not make mistakes, little monkey. A monkey I intended you to be. A monkey you are.

It is not human nature to dominate, but to create. Yes, humankind falters every now and then, but you know how to learn from your past mistakes. You've done it before, and you can do it again. I believe that ultimately, you will create a civilization that preserves and protects even as it grows. Do you understand? The spirits will always have a place in this world, as long as you — and humans like you — create a place for us. - Lady Tienhai, Guardian Spirit/Queen

And that was it. That's how I died. Unable to protect anyone.

So you know that the RIGHT kind of love ... the kind that's REAL, that SACRIFICES ... that kind of love doesn't BLIND you. It actually helps you SEE.

"So basically, you get to play Super Mario all you want, any time you want, for
FREE
!"

"That is the single most amazing thing I've ever heard."

Though cast away am I from the heart of my city, black tears dribble from mine eyes at the sight of the fearful trail blazing towards her gates!

It's easy to become anything you wish . . . so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul.