Julie Otsuka Professions : Author Born : May 15, 1962 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Julie Otsuka Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin. Julie Otsuka next-day lunch one-day And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of Spain." "In your dreams," said the boy. "In my dreams," said the girl, "I'm the King. Julie Otsuka girl kings dream We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting. Julie Otsuka bleeding weight dream We forgot about Buddha. We forgot about God. We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed. I fear my soul has died. We stopped writing home to our mothers. We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.? Julie Otsuka mother dream home Women are weak, but mothers are strong. Julie Otsuka strong weak mother Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors