Jiachen Jiang
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Jiachen Jiang
I am not the center of the world. Our world is a globe, not a map that has been cut out on a plane.
Notes & Highlights for The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
“Do not let what you gained this day be so easily lost.”
Madeline Miller • The Song of Achilles: A Novel
I struggled to ignore it, the way a woman hears coldness in a lover’s voice and struggles, mightily and knowingly, to misread it.
Caroline Knapp • Drinking: A Love Story
Once it has begun to roll downhill, it will continue to roll until released from the natural laws of gravity and inertia. But we are not stones. We are beings who are capable of resisting inclination. We can stop our tumbling selves and climb uphill. The desire for recognition is probably a natural desire. So are you going to keep rolling downhill... See more
Notes & Highlights for The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
She saw what she saw, she heard what she heard, but after her reality has been belittled so many times, she begins to doubt her very own senses. Such disfiguring of senses engenders the minor feelings of paranoia, shame, irritation, and melancholy.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
This is the truth underneath the disagreement, something you both agree on: “Even when we can’t agree on Dad’s medical care, I’ve never doubted your good intentions. I know we both want the best for him.” If you can both return to the gem statement during a conflict, you can keep the relationship between you strong.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
I was so close to feeling like I had Jun’s story nailed down. But no. That’s not how stories work, is it? They are shifting things that re-form with each new telling, transform with each new teller. Less a solid, and more a liquid taking the shape of its container.
Randy Ribay • Patron Saints of Nothing
Writers of color had to behave better in their poetry and in person; they had to always act gracious and grateful so that white people would be comfortable enough to sympathize with their racialized experiences. I never forgot hearing one award-winning poet of color say during a Q&A, “If you want to write about race, you have to do it politely,
... See moreCathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
To be shown love is to feel ourselves the object of concern: our presence is noted, our name is registered, our views are listened to, our failings are treated with indulgence and our needs are ministered to. And under such care, we flourish.
from Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton