untold Quotes

“However, in my new environment, I promptly realized that I was no longer too brown but now too white. My college was in a highly diverse area, and other South Asians—whom I referred to as “people who looked like me” because it felt looser and more comfortable—seemed so far removed.”
― Gabrielle Deonath, Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted

“After a half dozen unanswered texts and calls to my mom, I stopped trying.”
― Gabrielle Deonath, Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted

“What do you want to eat—the quintessential non-sequitur for South Asian parents after an argument.”
― Gabrielle Deonath, Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted