“ The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration. Adam Johnson
“ Writing is hard work, and if anything's true about the process, it's that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper. What's less romantic than staring alone at a blank s… Adam Johnson
“ ... that "take" was a word people used for those who had so little to give as to be immeasurable. Adam Johnson
“ [I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. Adam Johnson
“ This feeling of being in proximity to something that’s lost to you, it seems like my whole life right now. Adam Johnson
“ When the dogs returned, the Senator gave them treats from his pocket, and Jun Do understood that in communism, you’d threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through… Adam Johnson
“ Jun Do had dealt with this his whole life, the ways it was impossible for people from normal families to conceive of a man in so much hurt that he couldn’t acknowledge his own son, that there was noth… Adam Johnson
“ I wonder of what you must daily endure in America, having no government to protect you, no one to tell you what to do. Is it true you're given no ration card, that you must find food for yourself? Is… Adam Johnson
“ The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you Adam Johnson
“ 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 who wouldn’t understand what they meant for a long, long time. Adam Johnson
“ Ga thought of how difficult it was to come to see the lies you told yourself, the ones that allowed you to function and move forward. Adam Johnson
“ Life's full of events - they occur and you adjust, you roll and move on. But at some point you realize some events are actually developments. You realize there's a big plan out there you know nothing… Adam Johnson
“ A name isn't a person,' Ga said. 'Don't ever remember someone by their name. To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they're al… Adam Johnson
“ Today, tomorrow," she said. "A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it have gone out. Adam Johnson
“ Ga thought about reminding the Dear Leader that they lived in a land where people had been trained to accept any reality presented to them. Adam Johnson
