“In my paranoid world every storekeeper thinks I’m stealing, every man thinks I’m a prostitute or a lesbian, every woman thinks I’m a lesbian or arrogant, and every child and animal sees the real me and it is evil.”
― It Chooses You
― It Chooses You
“The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder.”
― It Chooses You
― It Chooses You
“All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”
― It Chooses You
― It Chooses You
“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”
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“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
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