William Morrison
https://www.goodreads.com/andquirks
“Numb the dark and you numb the light.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.”
―
―
“You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”
―
―
“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they're falling like
they're falling in love with the ground.”
―
they're falling in love with the ground.”
―
“Mr. Wu, is it true that you have an internalized sense of inferiority?
That because on the one hand you, for obvious reasons, have not been and can never be fully assimilated into mainstream, i.e., White America—
And on the other hand neither do you feel fully justified in claiming solidarity with other historically and currently oppressed groups. That while your community’s experience in the United States has included racism on the personal and the institutional levels, including but not limited to: immigration quotas, actual federal legislation expressly excluding people who look like you from entering the country. Legislation that was in effect for almost a century. Antimiscegenation laws. Discriminatory housing policies. Alien land laws and restrictive covenants. Violation of civil liberties including internment. That despite all of that, you somehow feel that your oppression, because it does not include the original American sin—of slavery—that it will never add up to something equivalent. That the wrongs committed against your ancestors are incommensurate in magnitude with those committed against Black people in America. And whether or not that quantification, whether accurate or not, because of all of this you feel on some level that you maybe can’t even quite verbalize, out of shame or embarrassment, that the validity and volume of your complaints must be calibrated appropriately, must be in proportion to the aggregate suffering of your people.
Your oppression is second-class.”
― Interior Chinatown
That because on the one hand you, for obvious reasons, have not been and can never be fully assimilated into mainstream, i.e., White America—
And on the other hand neither do you feel fully justified in claiming solidarity with other historically and currently oppressed groups. That while your community’s experience in the United States has included racism on the personal and the institutional levels, including but not limited to: immigration quotas, actual federal legislation expressly excluding people who look like you from entering the country. Legislation that was in effect for almost a century. Antimiscegenation laws. Discriminatory housing policies. Alien land laws and restrictive covenants. Violation of civil liberties including internment. That despite all of that, you somehow feel that your oppression, because it does not include the original American sin—of slavery—that it will never add up to something equivalent. That the wrongs committed against your ancestors are incommensurate in magnitude with those committed against Black people in America. And whether or not that quantification, whether accurate or not, because of all of this you feel on some level that you maybe can’t even quite verbalize, out of shame or embarrassment, that the validity and volume of your complaints must be calibrated appropriately, must be in proportion to the aggregate suffering of your people.
Your oppression is second-class.”
― Interior Chinatown
William’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at William’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Comics, Ebooks, Graphic novels, Poetry, Psychology, Self help, Travel, Young-adult, and Nonfiction
Polls voted on by William
Lists liked by William

































