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“I complained about the Empire's treatment of its colonies, about men's treatment of women, about Mainlanders' treatment of Islanders-I derided and protested these ridiculous ways of the world, yet I was but another citizen of this world with all its earthly flaws, unaware even of the subconscious conceit and prejudice in my heart.”

“There is nothing in the world more difficult to refuse than self-
righteous goodwill.”

“Delicious food can conquer tongues no matter where in the world it goes."

“A stomach was but a fireplace and food was but charcoal. When one was hungry, one chomped down on rice or toast with one's teeth until one could swallow, and from there the steam train of one's body could continue chugging along. For the first time in my life, I understood that the activity of eating was truly no more than that.”

“How do I explain myself so that I don't seem like an unreasonable child who covets your equal treatment yet paradoxically defies your kindness?”

“How far back should one go when lamenting such cruelties? But the absurd thing about humanity is that we only feel pain when we're on the receiving end.”