Mindy

“Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Is the life of happy mediocrity a privilege reserved for those who never stray from home?”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen (Editor)

“But stared, with unmistakable violence, at people who spoke strange tongues. Stay away from them—they love their homeland so much they’ll take that love out on refugees.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen (Editor)

“But what America did was a basic human obligation. It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks. It is your duty to answer us, even if we don’t give you sugary success stories.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen (Editor)