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Home. The word had layers of meaning. A place. An emotion. Memories.
“We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must always ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there, you begin to get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“With humility may I reap my own power, and at the end of the journey, I hope I learn when to stand small so others can feel tall.”
― The Storyteller's Secret
― The Storyteller's Secret
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”
― William Shakespeare”
― Crossing Tinker's Knob
― William Shakespeare”
― Crossing Tinker's Knob
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
― The Rose Garden
― The Rose Garden
“She just wasn’t sure she had yet been to the place she was homesick for.”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
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