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“I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?”

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Justina Chen is an American Chinese author born in 1968. Her works often focus on the experiences and identity of Asian Americans, which are deeply loved by readers. more

“Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents: how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb! Of what materials was I made, that I could thus resist so many shocks, which, like the turning of the wheel, continually renewed the torture? But I was doomed to live.”

Men Children Has Beens Made Dies Next Parent Materials Lovers One Day Miserable Torture Wheels Shock Decay Doomed Worms Prey Brides Tombs Forgetfulness Blooming

Book:Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus

“What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?”

Looks Accepting Self Esteem Reflection Mirrors Despise Loathe Resigned

Author:Justina Chen

“Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.”

Born Memories Letters Tales Diaries Keepers Talkers Southerner Great Memories Retainers

Author:Eudora Welty

“Nature was one of the key forces that brought me back to God, for I wanted to know the Artist responsible for beauty such as I saw on grand scale in photos from space telescopes or on minute scale such as in the intricate designs on a butterfly wing.”

Knows Wanted Artist Force Space Saws Minutes Design Keys Responsible Wings Scales Butterfly Intricate Telescopes Nature's Beauty Butterfly Wings

Author:Philip Yancey

“Sometimes it seems to me that that’s all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.”

Has Beens Sometimes Seems Series

Book:Ascend

Source: Ascend

“A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.”

Taste Caught Seeds Acknowledge Poison Buried Choke Loathe Sprouts Kernel Moisture

Author:Hugh Howey

“My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.”

Wanted Life Is Wall Skins

Book:Wool

Source: Wool

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .”

Rain Gentle Grass Shade Prospects Greener Gentle Rain Walden Pond

Book:The Jenna Fox Chronicles

Source: The Jenna Fox Chronicles

“Loneliness doesn’t exist on any single plane of consciousness. It’s generally a low throb, barely audible, like the hum of a Mercedes engine in park, but every so often the demands of the highway call for a burst of acceleration, and the hum becomes a thunderous, elemental roar, and once again you’re reminded of what this baby’s carrying under the hood.”

Consciousness Loneliness Baby Demand Lows Planes Parks Engines Highways Hood Elementals Acceleration

Author:Jonathan Tropper

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