Suanne

“Elsewhere, people are too preoccupied by their day-to-day survival to take the time to write their collective history.”
― Kim Thúy, Ru

“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“The palest ink will endure beyond the memories of man”
― Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists

“My parents often remind my brothers and me that they won’t have any money for us to inherit, but I think they’ve already passed on to us the wealth of their memories, allowing us to grasp the beauty of a flowering wisteria, the delicacy of a word, the power of wonder. Even more, they’ve given us feet for walking to our dreams, to infinity. Which may be enough baggage to continue our journey on our own. Otherwise, we would pointlessly clutter our path with possessions to transport, to insure, to take care of.”
― Kim Thúy, Ru