Ashley C. Lanuza > Quotes

“So assimilating comes easier, muting my differences as if they don’t exist, pushing away being Filipino, because I was feeling lonely being the only member.”
― Ashley C. Lanuza, My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience

“holding on a little less You are oblivious to my struggle, but every night, I reconnect with your homeland through the salty, sweet, embracing warmth in a spoonful of rice. And that is enough on being Filipino. I am content in our silence surrounding the subject, because I no longer understand what it means, and I no longer care to know.”
― Ashley C. Lanuza, My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience