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“Here is a secret Chang E knew, though her mother didn't. Past a certain point, you stop being able to go home. At this point, when you have got this far from where you were from, the thread snaps. The narrative breaks. And you are forced, pastless, motherless, selfless, to invent yourself anew. At a certain point, this stops being sad - but who knows if any human has ever reached that point?”

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Book:The Four Generations of Chang E

Source: The Four Generations of Chang E

“On the rare occasions when Romani Gypsies meet south Asians from India or Pakistan, they are astonished to discover that they can understand many of the words these people use in their language, such as Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. There is thus a connection with eastern Europe - Romania and Hungary - but also with far-away India.”

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Author:Yaron Matras

“How do I tell them that so many words in their language rattle like cages without birds? Do you call it grief when the nest you fall from disappears into the sky with the sillage of a memory that will never be done? That isn’t grief for us, we call that hüzün.”

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Book:The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

Source: The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

“my mother thinks i’m a living proof of cultural appropriation but aren’t i a foreigner in my own country an outsider but only on the inside”

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Book:The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

Source: The Breast Mountains Of All Time Are In Hargeisa

“I hope I go dreaming in Arabic because love there sounds like the wind passes through every vowel. somewhere buried in my voice there is asphalt singing as brothers build rooms for one another everyone gets a duaa to float across the lake and watch disappear/this is mine.”

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Book:The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

Source: The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

“Your dignity will never know cages and days without showering. Will never know the shame of running from a place because you weren't born disposable. If you feel threatened about living in a country full of sleek, dark, and beautiful creatures arriving on boats smiling and glowing though nobody has welcomed them, stop watching the news. Stay safe, with truths that bloom from kindness.”

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Book:The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

Source: The Moral Judgement of Butterflies