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“She wasn’t a bird in a cage. A bird in a cage, when the cage is opened, can still fly away. She was a bird embroidered onto a screen — a white bird in clouds of gold stitched onto a screen of melancholy satin. The years passed; the bird’s feathers darkened, mildewed, and were eaten by moths, but the bird stayed on the screen even in death.”
― Eileen Chang, Love in a Fallen City

“Embarrassment is improvement's biggest enemy.”
― Ryoko Kui, ダンジョン飯 5 [Dungeon Meshi 5]

“My mother said that keeping a clean home was a sign of wealth and keeping a husband was a sign of stupidity.”
― K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

“Her edges from the sides of her head went missing like some white bitch that went jogging in a forest at 3 AM.”
― Quan Millz, This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib