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“Will had felt that loss, had recognized in it something of himself. Going to China, those few summers that he did, was the only time he felt found. Loss was the hesitation in his voice when he spoke his mother tongue, the myths he did not know, a childhood that felt so vast and alien from his parents' that he did not know how to cross it.”
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“What's wrong with wanting everything? - Will from Portrait of a Thief”
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“But diaspora was this, too: two cultures that could both be his, history that was waiting to be made.”
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“Do you miss it?" Lily asked. "China?"
"Always," Irene said. "How can I not?"
Lily had expected that answer. Still, she kept her gaze on the ceiling, the heavy dark. "Even though it's not yours?" she said.
"It is," Irene said. In the darkness, her voice softened. "And it's yours too, whenever you want to claim it.”
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"Always," Irene said. "How can I not?"
Lily had expected that answer. Still, she kept her gaze on the ceiling, the heavy dark. "Even though it's not yours?" she said.
"It is," Irene said. In the darkness, her voice softened. "And it's yours too, whenever you want to claim it.”
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“What's wrong with wanting everything?”
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