But my experience in this world has been that the people who believe themselves to be white are obsessed with the politics of personal exoneration.
“... it's a lie that people are scared of being alone, because what we fear is being abandoned. You can choose to be alone, but no one chooses to be left.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“I wrote from real life, and when Northerners advised me it was fiction, I conceited that maybe it was. What did I know—an immigrant, writing in her second tongue? Maybe my life was a fiction.”
― The Man Who Could Move Clouds
― The Man Who Could Move Clouds
“Who is here on the shore? Who is watching this shipwreck from the mainland? Is it really just me, no one else? That would suit everyone, but don’t you believe it: I am not here alone on the shore; I’m not alone watching this unending ‘drama at sea’ from a safe distance, night after night.”
― Small Boat
― Small Boat
“Looking at Woja Beki’s face, I wonder why he was ever born, considering there’s an infinite host of unborn begging to be born, considering most of the unborn would be decent people if given a chance at life. Why does the Spirit keep on cursing the world with the existence of the likes of Woja Beki?”
― How Beautiful We Were
― How Beautiful We Were
“I wrote from real life, and when Northerners advised me it was fiction, I conceded that maybe it was. What did I know—an immigrant, writing in her second tongue? Maybe my life was a fiction.”
― The Man Who Could Move Clouds
― The Man Who Could Move Clouds
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