2011

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl

“‘When one is young, one thinks of love as the most important thing,’ Professor Shan said, still facing the window. ‘It’s natural if you think so, though I do hope you’ve learned a few things from the books I’ve read to you. One could waste one’s life pursuing a flower in the mirror, a moon in the river, but that is not what I want to see happen to you.'”

Kindness from Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, p. 38
By Yiyun Li
Published 2010

The Tiger’s Wife


“’You must be joking,’ he said. ‘Look around. Think for a moment. It’s the middle of the night, not a soul anywhere. In this city, at this time. Not a dog in the gutter. Empty. Except for this elephant—and you’re going to tell your idiot friends about it? Why? Do you think they’ll understand it? Do you think it will matter to them?’”

The Tiger’s Wife, p. 55
By Téa Obreht
Published 2011