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“I am Chinese mother, all I do is create conflict.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

“One in ten kept dying. The average never improved, not in any corner of the globe. There were memorials for the famous and semifamous folks who took the gamble and lost. A congressman here and a comedian there. But everyone was so proud of them that they had died trying to better themselves that all the obituaries and eulogies had a weird, wistful tone to them. As if it was the next best thing to being thin. At least they didn’t have to live that fat life anymore.”
― Meg Elison, Big Girl

“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it’s cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.”
― Ralph Moody, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

“But dreams are dreams."
"Oh no, no," he said, and smiled at me. "Dreams are so much more than that. They are visions of the future, they are whispers of our desires, they are hope. We cannot and we must not live without dreams, Clara.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind