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humans are animals. Technically. Although sometimes I think the animals we consider animals are far more advanced than the animals we are but don’t consider ourselves to be.”
“Nevertheless, the judge considered himself a Christian. And he did hate other people’s crimes.”
― Cherokee America: A Novel
― Cherokee America: A Novel
“She stood at the window and looked across the street. A sort of desperation gripped her. She’d had a baby and would be raising it to adulthood. My god—adulthood. From across the room, Madeline announced it was feeding time. “But you just ate,” Elizabeth reminded her. “WELL I DON’T REMEMBER,” Madeline screamed back, formally initiating the least fun game in the world: Guess What I Want Now.”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“She held his hand until he fell asleep, and wiped his face though his tears burned her skin.”
― Wicked: Everyone Deserves the Chance to Fly
― Wicked: Everyone Deserves the Chance to Fly
“She was the sort of person who demanded adverbs: she never walked when she could stride briskly, and Sherry had never known her to whisper when she could instead confidently declare.”
― The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
― The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
“You call your United States a free country, but there are a great many in it who do not like it to be free at all,” he said. “Why are they not stopped in their assaults upon the Chinese? We only ask to be allowed to live peaceably and labor honestly. We are not robbers, thieves, drunkards, or paupers, but honest, industrious men. We are invited here by the same invitation upon which the Germans, the Irish, the Italians, and other foreigners come here.” Quong Lee revealed that he had been an American citizen for thirteen years. “Consider us without prejudice, and you will have to admit that in all that goes to make good citizens, we are worthy of better regard than is shown to us,” he said.”
― Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
― Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
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