atlantis

“What was it like for them to leave home and cross the Pacific, with only the haziest plans for return? In the absence of available connections, they held onto an imaginary Taiwan, more an abstraction—a beacon, a phantom limb—than an actual island. The available technology delivered them there only on special occasions. So, they searched for traces of home in the faces of their classmates; they heard it wafting above the din when they shopped for groceries.”
― Hua Hsu, Stay True

“I don't think either of us understood how much I loved her. It seemed like there'd be enough time to sort it out.”
― Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

“Ken noticed that I never really went out. More important, he noticed that I hoped to be noticed for this. I’d never touched alcohol, but it was mostly because I was a snob, not a straight-edge ideologue. I couldn’t imagine letting down my inhibitions around people I’d been silently judging the whole time.”
― Hua Hsu, Stay True

“Our cities and suburbs have been shaped by the needs of cars in a way that makes their effects impossible to escape. Like the creepy feeling of an empty parking lot.”
― Woodrow Phoenix, Crash Course: If You Want To Get Away With Murder Buy a Car