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“Despite my attempts to translate some of their lyrics here from Cantonese, the essence of these intimate and exquisite, yet 鳩, lyrics is impossible to capture. They feel like soft inside jokes whispered into your ear just before bed, jokes only Cantonese speakers understand.”
― Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

“The New Territories — it's the forgotten narrative of Hong Kong, because it doesn't have the architecture or cityscape with traces of colonial characteristics.”
― Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

“Hong Kong pulses with a sort of frenzied energy, and speaks the language of alienation and impatience.”
― Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

“If we want to write shit poems about Hong Kong, then let us write shit poems about Hong Kong. If I want to exploit my pain, then let me exploit it until my heart can no longer take it.”
― Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir