Top 15 Gene Luen Yang Quotes

American graphic novelist

Gene Luen Yang (born August 9, 1973) In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

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

"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)

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

What is China but a people and their stories?

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

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

Appa has feelings, too!

Family is in essence a small nation, and the nation a large family. In treating his own family with dignity, a ruler learns to govern his nation with dignity

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.

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

"Class, I'd like us all to give a warm mayflower elementary welcome to your new friend and classmate Jing Jang!"

"Jin Wang"

"Jin wang!"

"He and his family recently moved to our neighborhood all the way from China!"

"San Francisco."

"San Francisco!"

"Yes, Timmy."

"My momma says Chinese people eat dogs."

"Now be nice, Timmy!" -km sure Jin doesn't do that! In fact, Jin's family probably stopped that sort of thing as soon as they came to the united states!"

The only other asian in my class was Suzy Nakamura.

When the class finally figured out that we weren't related, rumors began to circulate that suzy and I were arranged to be married on her thirteenth birthday.

We avoided each other as much as possible.

(30-31)"

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 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

"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."

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