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The Buddha in the Attic
“Did you know that the war was coming?”
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
for hadn’t we always dreamed of becoming our mother? Wasn’t that all we had ever once wanted to be?)
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
Most of us left speaking only English, so as not to anger the crowds that had gathered to watch us go.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
A few of us left in disgust, and had no desire to ever come back.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
ONE DAY, we promised ourselves, we would leave them.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
This was our contribution to the war effort, we were told. An opportunity for us to prove our loyalty.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
And even though we saw the darkness coming we said nothing and let them dream on.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
if there had been a way of going to America without marrying one, we would have figured it out.
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
Most of us spoke like ladies most of the time, with our voices pitched high, and pretended to know much less than we did,
from The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago