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“It remains a damning fact of life that we ask too much of those who are marginalized and too little of those who are not.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
“She was too much in the habit of criticizing and complaining to stop, so I had decided to get out of the habit of taking it personally. I could see my mother's words were my grandmother's legacy of disappointment, and the best I could do was to live in a way that would break the cycle.”
― The Light of Paris
― The Light of Paris
“In the most blunt and pragmatic sense, diversity is optional to many white organizations, because their historical success has not relied on it.”
― The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities
― The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities
“You get to live a new life on the foundation of the cross. You do not get what you deserve. You get grace instead. Grace is terribly, beautifully unfair, and it's yours for the taking.”
― How to Stay Standing
― How to Stay Standing
“Was it harder to be a woman? Or an immigrant? Or a Chinese person outside of China? And why did being a good any of the above require you to edit yourself down so you could become someone else?”
― Joan Is Okay
― Joan Is Okay
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