Meri

“All their lives Nath had understood, better than anyone, the lexicon of their family, the things they could never truly explain to outsiders: that a book or a dress meant more than something to read or something to wear; that attention came with expectations that—like snow—drifted and settled and crushed you with their weight. All the words were right, but in this new Nath’s voice, they sounded trivial and brittle and hollow. The way anyone else might have heard them. Already her brother had become a stranger.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space...”
― Mario Vargas Llosa

“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available. I stay with him because I choose to everyday that I wake up, everyday that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”
― Jessica Pan, Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

“nothing was ever accomplished by someone who sits in their apartment alone waiting for life to begin.”
― Jessica Pan, Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults