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Khai Sheng
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“I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her, so I stayed silent. Cooperative.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Sam's doctor said to him, "The good news is that the pain is in your head."
But I am in my head, Sam thought.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
But I am in my head, Sam thought.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“This is what time travel is. It’s looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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