Susie Qu

“for you to see beauty here
does not mean
there is beauty in me
it means there is beauty rooted
so deep within you
you can't help but
see it everywhere”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“A few years turned into more years, and more years turned into all years. Years have a habit of behaving like that.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

“What tethers me to my parents is the unspoken dialogue we share about how much of my character is built on the connection I feel to the world they were raised in but that I've only experienced through photos, visits, food. It's not mine and yet, I get it. First-generation kids, I've always thought, are the personification of déjà vu.”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays

“Isn’t it fun to read a sentence that races ahead of itself?”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays