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""what if that tongue is not only the symbol of a void, but is itself a void, what is the tongue is cut out? can one take pleasure in loss without losing oneself entirely? the vietnamese i own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second grade level"" — Jan 23, 2024 08:39PM
""what if that tongue is not only the symbol of a void, but is itself a void, what is the tongue is cut out? can one take pleasure in loss without losing oneself entirely? the vietnamese i own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second grade level"" — Jan 23, 2024 08:39PM
“In fact, she was both my first and second words: Umma, then Mom. I called to her in two languages. Even then I must have known that no one would ever love me as much as she would.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“How cyclical and bittersweet for a child to retrace the image of their mother. For a subject to turn back to document their archivist.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“No one heard me. This was my new reality. There was a lot of noise in Mei Guo, and my voice was no longer loud enough.”
― Beautiful Country
― Beautiful Country
“Now that she was gone, I began to study her like a stranger, rooting around her belongings in an attempt to rediscover her, trying to bring her back to life in any way that I could. In my grief I was desperate to construe the slightest thing as a sign.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“Food was how my mother expressed her love. No matter how critical or cruel she could seem—constantly pushing me to meet her intractable expectations—I could always feel her affection radiating from the lunches she packed and the meals she prepared for me just the way I liked them.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
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