Quotes by Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

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Ga thought about reminding the Dear Leader that they lived in a land where people had been trained to accept any reality — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
Today, tomorrow," she said. "A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past. — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
A name isn't a person,' Ga said. 'Don't ever remember someone by their name. To keep someone alive, you put them inside — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
Ga thought of how difficult it was to come to see the lies you told yourself, the ones that allowed you to function and — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
This was the face that Ga had shown the world, that of a boy who had swallowed the things that had happened to him, but — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real dar — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
When the dogs returned, the Senator gave them treats from his pocket, and Jun Do understood that in communism, you’d thr — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
I wonder of what you must daily endure in America, having no government to protect you, no one to tell you what to do. I — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
Jun Do had dealt with this his whole life, the ways it was impossible for people from normal families to conceive of a m — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
To survive in this world, you got to be many times a coward but at least once a hero — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
Acts of heroism are easy—becoming a hero is a bitch. — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
In this way, you’ll live forever. — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son