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“I don’t have to be affected by race; I only choose to think about it. I could live only for myself, for my immediate family, following the expectations of my parents, whose survivor instincts align with this country’s neoliberal ethos, which is to get ahead at the expense of anyone else while burying the shame that binds us.”
― Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

“With their eyes on each other, it was easy to be brave. Maybe that’s the only way we get through this, Kyoshi thought. Just never look away.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi

“They twist the meaning of justice to absolve themselves of conscience.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi

“It took so long for the threads of mistakes and monstrous deeds to stop weaving into the future, to just tie themselves off and end. Maybe they never ended.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi