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True human connection is fueled by empathy—the God-given ability to step into another’s shoes and open ourselves up to another’s story, not to compare and contrast, but to be overwhelmed by compassion, to “rejoice with those who rejoice;
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“To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie—the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.”
― Pie
― Pie
“Honor cannot be coveted too dearly, young lady. Sometimes it must be laid down for the good of others.”
― The Shadow of Kyoshi
― The Shadow of Kyoshi
“Water was calmness and tranquility, but it was the rage of a storm as well.”
― The Shadow of Kyoshi
― The Shadow of Kyoshi
“The most important ingredient that goes into a pie is the love that goes into making it.”
― Pie
― Pie
“Mama recently mailed me this letter, which I sent her more than twenty-three years ago. As I read it now, I don’t recognize that young boy. What happened to all that love and longing I felt for the family and friends I’d left? Separation not only divides families; separation buries emotion, buries it so far down you can’t touch it. I don’t think I would ever love Mama again in the childlike, carefree, innocent way I loved her while writing that letter. I don’t know where that young boy went.”
― Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
― Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
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