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“I scold the worries away. As Ma likes to say, you cannot control the wind, but you can control your sails.”

Romance Sadness Sorrow Ambition Sailing Asian American Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon Mercy Wong

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“I never backed down from a challenge before, and I don't intend to start today.”

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“I may have no notion of what's in the beans for me now, with everything upside down and sideways. But one thing I know is that I belong in this moment.”

Grief Optimism Uncertainty Moment Beans Sideways Asian American Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon Mercy Wong

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“As for Headmistress Crouch, I pegged her as the type who wouldn't have a mate, either because of her exacting standards, or because she ate him for dinner.”

Romance Standards Dating Dinner Spinster Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon Headmisstress Crouch

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“I misjudge and our teeth collide, but he gently corrects course instead of pulling away. When he kisses me back, all the hurt inside me floats to the surface and somehow drains away. It makes me want to laugh.”

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“I never said you didn't have a heart. But it would be nice if it beat every now and then.”

Cruelty Angst Heartless Asian American Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon Mercy Wong

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“Don't you get too greedy, Death. You already have taken more than your fair share today. You can't have me yet.”

Death Survival Tragedy Greed Impatience Asian American Outrun The Moon Mercy Wong

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“You expect certain things to always be there, like the bakery on the corner, or the boy you grew up with. But when the very ground can eat you alive without warning, what's to say the ocean won't dry up? Or the stars won't suddenly shut off? Nothing is forever.”

Life Tragedy Bittersweet Devastation Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon

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“Though grammatically perfect, a French accent stretches his English out of shape.”

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“Living people are a dying breed.”

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“Many, including my late grandfather, fled the mother country because of economic hardship from the Opium Wars. England coerced China into accepting the black tar in payment for tea and cracked China open like a ginkgo nut. Old injuries still itch.”

Racism Geopolitics Immigrant Experience Stacey Lee Outrun The Moon Ginkgo Opium War

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