Stephen Pham > Stephen's Quotes

“Here is the thing, though, the real, true thing I still have trouble admitting: I can't protect you from everything...I can't protect you from spending a lifetime caught between the beautiful dream of a diverse nation and the complicated reality of one. I can't even protect you from the simple fact that sometimes, the people who love us will choose a world that doesn't.”
― Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

“Sometimes, you go along with it and pretend nothing happened. Sometimes, you hold your breath until the feeling of wanting to be believed passes. Sometimes, you weigh explaining against staying quiet and know they're both just different kinds of heavy.”
― Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

“There's a particular kind of close you get when you find someone you can trust in a space you don't.”
― Mira Jacob, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations