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at the back of their minds patriotism meant that the poor should die to defend the land of the rich, their land, for I knew that the poor had no land.
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“I thought of Asians throughout history being dragged against their will, driven or chased out of their native homes, out of their adopted homes, out of their native country, out of their adopted country: ejected, evicted, exiled.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
“You said, Beauty is only that which is intense, has a vibrant energy.
You said, This thing we call life mustn't ever become something endured.”
― Greek Lessons
You said, This thing we call life mustn't ever become something endured.”
― Greek Lessons
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
― The Crucible
― The Crucible
“It’s funny. No matter where you go, or how many books you read, you still know nothing, you haven’t seen anything. And that’s life.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“My ninth-grade teacher told us that we would all fall in love with Catcher in the Rye. The elusive maroon cover added to its mystique. I kept waiting to fall in love with Salinger’s cramped, desultory writing until I was annoyed.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
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