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“News Corp. used the same footage to sell patriotism in America and in China, and in both places the people bought it.”
― Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present

“In China it's common for people in restaurants to complain about food. The Chinese can be passive about many things, but food is not one of them; I suppose this is one reason they've ended up with a first-rate cuisine and a long history of political disasters.”
― Peter Hessler, Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory

“She and her family hadn't invited me in order to make a point about xenophobia, or anything like that. They knew that I was alone on the holiday, and i was their friend; nothing else mattered. They were simply big-hearted people and that was the best meal I ever had in China.”
― Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

“How cyclical and bittersweet for a child to retrace the image of their mother. For a subject to turn back to document their archivist.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart