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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
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― Crying in H Mart
“Why were we expected to speak English perfectly while praising Americans for even the clumsiest dribble of Chinese?”
― Beautiful Country
― Beautiful Country
“Cooking my mother's food had come to represent an absolute role reversal, a role I was meant to fill. Food was an unspoken language between us, had come to symbolize our return to each other, our bonding, our common ground.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“There was no one in the world that was ever as critical or could make me feel as hideous as my mother, but there was no one, not even Peter, who ever made me feel as beautiful.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“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
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