31 Quotes by Emiko Jean

Anyway, we get it. We all know what it’s like to roll with the cultural punches. Noora gets questioned about why she doesn’t wear a hijab. People wonder if Glory was adopted when she’s with her white dad. Hansani endures Mr. Apu accents – wrong country, for starters.

I am the wind. None will capture me. None will remember me. None will see me.

I am a lean tiger in winter. Come for me. I dare you.

I’m going to pay for that genealogy thing when I get home. Fingers crossed it shows I’m fifty percent Targaryen, thirty percent British royals, and one hundred percent Oprah’s long-lost sister.