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“The senior matriculation exams obliterate everything. Even, it seems to me, if a war were on in Canada, I'd be found studying like deaf Beethoven playing his piano while Vienna burned.”
― Obasan
― Obasan
“The sofa is a mountain to climb, a valley for sleeping in, a place of ambush for surprise attacks on passing parents.”
― Obasan
― Obasan
“I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.”
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“It is always so. We must always honor the wishes of others before our own. We will make the way smooth by restraining emotion. Though we might Grandma and Grandpa to stay, we must watch them go, To try to meet one's own needs in spite of the wishes of others is to be “wagamama” — selfish and inconsiderate. Obasan teaches me not to be wagamama by always heeding everyone's needs. That is why she is waiting patiently beside me at this bridge. That is why, when I am offered gifts, I must first refuse politely. It is such a tangle trying to decipher the needs and intents of others.”
― Obasan
― Obasan
“There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair." (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)”
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