“Hero was touched by the small gesture of courtesy, at first only minutely, and then, for no reason at all, deeply and wholly. It was possible she was about to cry, here in this kitchen, for the first time since she'd arrived in America. To prevent that from happening, she stuffed her mouth with an entire quarter of the pizza, then huffed and gasped as the molten bite burned her tongue.” EmotionsMaskFamily RelationshipsShieldIntergenerational TraumaCompartmentalizationFilipino CultureDisembodiedFilipino AuthorFilipino Psychology Book:America Is Not the Heart Source: America Is Not the Heart
“Don’t interrupt me. I’m on a soapbox. As a disembodied individual, I think it’s time that we had some new representation. Like that one book series that Kate was telling us about. Remember that one? The one where the hot human girl falls in love with the ghost who haunts her bedroom? We need more of that in our society.” DeathGhostAfterlifeCemetery ToursDisembodied Book:Lost Souls Source: Lost Souls