“I remember these things clearly because that was how my mother loved you, not through white lies and constant verbal affirmation, but in subtle observations of what brought you joy, pocketed away to make you feel comforted and cared for without even realizing it.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
“What can you do with the truth that everyone’s a little sad and a little alone.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“For our family and others like us, separation is an expression of love. Not just in the physical sense, but in the way we think. We want our children to have an education and a job, to experience life in the way we never could, knowing that everything they gain will make them more distant from us. Loving someone means separating yourself from them. The future is lived vicariously through their achievements: their lives must follow an upward trajectory. They must not fail. That is what social mobility means in Asia today.”
― Strangers on a Pier: Portrait of a Family
― Strangers on a Pier: Portrait of a Family
“I wonder how it would be if I let go and yielded myself to depravity.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“Their grandchildren will grow up so middle-class and affluent that the idea of deprivation will have no place in their lives, will seem to belong not to their country, but a much poorer neighbour like Cambodia or Bangladesh.”
― Strangers on a Pier: Portrait of a Family
― Strangers on a Pier: Portrait of a Family
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