More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
“I am sorry that you are suffering. I’m not a parent, but I think parents hurt with their children.”
Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
“Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge—it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.”
Learning was like playing, not labor.
But she could not imagine clinging to Japan, which was like a beloved stepmother who refused to love you,
to be seen as human.
man must learn to forgive—to know what is important, that to live without forgiveness was a kind of death with breathing and movement.
After Noa had gone, she felt half-dead. She could not imagine any mother feeling differently.
she had prematurely reached the stage in a woman’s life when no one noticed her entering or leaving a room.
Ultimately, the truth must be acknowledged!”
“Every day you are closer to your death. You are half-dead already. Where does your identity come from?”
“It’s what we dogs must have.”
it was like you were cursed
been filled with grief and self-doubt because she was never good enough.
She wished she could take back the times she had scolded her children just because she was tired. There were so many errors.
If life allowed revisions, she would let them stay in their bath a little longer, read them one more story before bed, and fix them another plate of shrimp.
