“Awards don’t matter—at least, I am told this constantly by the people who regularly win them.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
“We don't have to stop living because we might die.”
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
― As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
“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. We live our lives trying to find our way. It’s like that Santōka Taneda poem, the one that goes, ‘On and on, in and in, and still the blue-green mountains.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“But the best revenge is to thrive.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
“which is why revulsion for Rupi Kaur’s poetry has become a millennial personality trait.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
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