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“watching me, the women watched their own time tick by.”

“human beings need to speak, otherwise they lose their humanity”

“Did they only keep me in ignorance so they could pretend they weren’t entirely powerless?”

“My memory begins with my anger”

“So many Chinese ghosts are hungry, angry, voiceless women. In taking Athena’s legacy, I’ve added one to their ranks.”

“What more can we want as writers than such immortality? Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered?”

“They could cast us in a movie together. Florence Pugh will play me. That girl from Crazy Rich Asians will play Athena. The score will consist entirely of classical music. It’ll win all the awards.”

“Obviously I’m not a Trumper - I voted for Biden! But if these people are hurling money at me, is it so wrong of me to accept? Should we not celebrate scamming cash from racist rednecks whenever we get the chance?”

“Must be nice. To be able to be weak. I wouldn’t know”

“Maybe our parents’ lives are imprinted within us, maybe the only fate there is is the temptation of reliving their mistakes. Maybe, try as we might, we will never be able to outrun the blood that runs through our veins.”