Hanya Yanagihara
Born: 01-01-1974
Hanya Yanagihara is an acclaimed American novelist and editor, renowned for her deeply emotive storytelling and intricate character development. Born in 1974 in Los Angeles, she gained widespread recognition with her novel "A Little Life," a finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award. Yanagihara's writing often explores themes of friendship and trauma, earning her a devoted international readership. She also serves as an editor at T Magazine.
Book summaries for books written by Hanya Yanagihara
Quotes
We all have an awareness of our own ugliness; it is a rare person who is not at least slightly afraid of the way they look.
The desire to control is a kind of love.
The world is full of people who want to tell their stories. They speak in many tongues, but the language is always the same, and the meaning never changes.
It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
I believe that to be a scientist is to be naive. We are so focused on our search for truth, we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it.
The world is not kind to people who are different, and it must be understood that the only reason for anyone to be different is because they were cursed by God.
I have found that when one is frightened, it is often impossible to take in new information, for the mind is already so preoccupied with fear.
The idea of home is such a powerful thing, and yet it is not always a good one.
I have learned that nothing is quite as it seems, and that the world is full of contradictions.
It is strange how quickly the world can be turned upside down, how easily life can go from one thing to its opposite.
The way we tell stories can be as revealing as the stories themselves.
We are all in the end, the sum of our experiences, good and bad.