Madeleine Thien quotes

It's one of those places you can never quite see enough of it, it's vast. For the Chinese it's very odd for people to travel alone so I often get picked up by families and couples. You learn a lot from what people don't tell you. (Madeleine Thien)
My mother used to say that my tones are all crooked: it's like hearing a song sung out of tune. View quote
Madeleine Thien
...Language is fragile. Words can erase and distort so many things. Justice, reason, democracy, freedom, goodness, truth-we have used these words in the service of widely different intentions. We have used them in humane ways and in deeply violent ways... View quote
Madeleine Thien