Chaz Preston Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“‘I am Chinese,’” Chaz read out loud. “It don’t make no difference to me, shrimp, you still don’t celebrate Christmas, do you?”
[…]
“Ho, ho, ho,” Henry replied. […] We do celebrate Christmas, along with Cheun Jit, the lunar new year. But no, Pearl Harbor Day is not a festive occasion.
“I told you he was a Jap on the inside!”
Henry knew the voice. Turning around, he saw Chaz. Crowbar in one hand, and a wadded-up poster of an American flag in his other. A different kind of flag duty, Henry thought. The wooden door behind Chaz had long gashes where he’d scraped the poster off.
Chaz Preston Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“‘I am Chinese,’” Chaz read out loud. “It don’t make no difference to me, shrimp, you still don’t celebrate Christmas, do you?”
[…]
“Ho, ho, ho,” Henry replied. […] We do celebrate Christmas, along with Cheun Jit, the lunar new year. But no, Pearl Harbor Day is not a festive occasion.
“I told you he was a Jap on the inside!”
Henry knew the voice. Turning around, he saw Chaz. Crowbar in one hand, and a wadded-up poster of an American flag in his other. A different kind of flag duty, Henry thought. The wooden door behind Chaz had long gashes where he’d scraped the poster off.
