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My father wanted us to speak flawless English to spare us from ridicule and the language discrimination he faced. He forbade my mother to speak to us in Chinese, which was hard, since Mom spoke little English then. We grew up monolingual,
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“I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”
― Snow
― Snow
“This goes to show you that sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and that those meant to love us most are not always the ones who do.”
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
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