Even though Lolo and Lola arrived in the U.S. nearly a decade before I did, I was their introduction to America—which is typical in intergenerational immigrant families trying to find their footing in their adopted home.
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
― Pooh's Little Instruction Book
― Pooh's Little Instruction Book
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
― The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
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