5 Quotes & Sayings By Anchee Min

Anchee Min is one of the most acclaimed Chinese authors in the English language. She was born in China in 1949, received her BA from Peking University, and PhD from Columbia University. Her novels have won numerous awards including the French Prix Femina, the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, the California Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Min also received a Guggenheim Fellowship Read more

She has taught at the University of Iowa, Princeton University, and Columbia University.

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We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside. Anchee Min
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If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter. Anchee Min
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The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree Anchee Min
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When I first came to America, you know, I would look at the newsstands and see the women on the magazine covers. I had never seen anyone smile the way these girls smile! It's like they have nothing to worry about! Anchee Min