Charlene
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“Whiteness has already recruited us to become their junior partners in genocidal wars; conscripted us to be antiblack and colorist; to work for, and even head, corporations that scythe off immigrant jobs like heads of wheat. Conscription is every day and unconscious. It is the default way of life among those of us who live in relative comfort, unless we make an effort to choose otherwise.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
“I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want”
― Redeeming Love
― Redeeming Love
“The most damaging legacy of the West has been its power to decide who our enemies are, turning us not only against our own people, like North and South Korea, but turning me against myself.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”
― A Voice in the Wind
― A Voice in the Wind
“Walk through the fire and you will emerge on the other end, whole and stronger. I promise. You will ultimately find truth and beauty and wisdom and peace. You will understand that nothing lasts forever, not pain, or joy. You will understand that joy cannot exist without sadness. Relief cannot exist without pain. Compassion cannot exist without cruelty. Courage cannot exist without fear. Hope cannot exist without despair. Wisdom cannot exist without suffering. Gratitude cannot exist without deprivation. Paradoxes about in this life. Living is an exercise in navigating within them.”
― The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
― The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
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