Quotes from bookEverything I Never Told You: A Novel
Everything I Never Told You is a 2014 debut novel by Celeste Ng. It topped Amazon's Best Books of the Year list for 2014. The novel is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a lake. Ng spent six years writing the novel, going through four different full drafts.
“What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.”
Celeste Ng book Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
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“She understands. There is nowhere to go but on. Still, part of her longs to go back”
Celeste Ng book Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
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“You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it.”
Celeste Ng book Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
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“People decide what you're like before they even get to know you”
Celeste Ng book Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Source: Everything I Never Told You
“It’s too late. He’s already learned how not to drown.”
Celeste Ng book Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Source: Everything I Never Told You
