Author: Iris Chang

Quotes

It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.

It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.

- Iris Chang

When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out.

When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out.

- Iris Chang

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

- Iris Chang

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

- Iris Chang

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

- Iris Chang

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