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“eating and aching and sleeping and loving happen in the body. But it’s not impossible to imagine losing my appetite for those things; they aren’t always easy, and they take so much time.”
― 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
“We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.
-Suyuan”
― The Joy Luck Club
-Suyuan”
― The Joy Luck Club
“Sometimes I wonder what losing my mother would have been like if I’d spent just a few more years with her, or if I’d known her for a few less.”
― Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
― Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
“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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aishah’s 2025 Year in Books
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