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> [“I told her we will not become the birds or the bees. We will become Hmong, and we will build a strong home that we will never leave and can always return to. We will not be lost and looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/i-told-her-we-will-not-become-the-birds-or-the-bees-we-will-become/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

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## More by Kao Kalia Yang

> [“Once we are, we will always be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/once-we-are-we-will-always-be/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“Emotions are captive to reality”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/emotions-are-captive-to-reality/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“Patience is the road to wisdom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/patience-is-the-road-to-wisdom/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“I wanted to bubble over the top and douse the confusing fire that burned in my belly. Or else I wanted to turn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/i-wanted-to-bubble-over-the-top-and-douse-the-confusing-fire-that/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“Time had been something we feared, but with the babies the things that held time together - the years, the months, the weeks, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/time-had-been-something-we-feared-but-with-the-babies-the-things-that/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/love-is-the-reason-why-my-mother-and-father-stick-together-in-a-hard/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“I told her we will not become the birds or the bees. We will become Hmong, and we will build a strong home that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/i-told-her-we-will-not-become-the-birds-or-the-bees-we-will-become/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

> [“Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kao-kalia-yang/love-is-the-reason-why-my-mother-and-father-stick-together-in-a-hard-2/)

[Kao Kalia Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kao-kalia-yang/)

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