Mazie K. Hirono

“Years later, I would realize that my mother had offered us a critical lesson that evening. She had shown her children that sometimes you just have to stand up, say your piece, and refuse to be oppressed.”
― Mazie K. Hirono, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story

“This is how it has always been between us, the two of us very different and yet so connected. Even now, with each new card I make, I imagine sharing it with my mother, and resting for a moment in the surpassing love that all my life has animated her gaze. This is for you, I will think but not say to the woman who already knows my reasons.”
― Mazie K. Hirono, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story