“When I got older, I still thought I could write life. I didn't understand, as my mother had just realized that evening, that it is the other way around. And yet, here I am, still trying.” — Shawna Yang Ryan Copy Share Image
“Now I understood there was something stronger than fate. Choice. It was ugly and quotidian and lacked romance, and that was exactly what gave… — Shawna Yang Ryan Copy Share Image
“When I got older, I still thought I could write life. I didn't understand, as my mother had just realized that evening, that it… — Shawna Yang Ryan Copy Share Image
“Past, present, and future too swirl together, distinguishable but not delineated by any sort of grammar beyond the one our hearts impose.” — Shawna Yang Ryan Copy Share Image
