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- Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.
- And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.
- I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and…
- When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the…
- You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You…
- I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable. I was strong. I was pure. I had genuine thoughts…
- But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo
- Your life is what you see in front of you. -An-mei
- And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the…
- That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting so much. And…
- How I saw in her my own true nature. What was beneath my skin. Inside my bones... Even though I was young, I could see…
- What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still be the same person?... And then…
- For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now…
- I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what…
- Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows.…
- Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I knew she could…
- So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has already happened. the…
- My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the Polaroid goes off…
- You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.
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