50 Quotes by Stacey Lee

"Many, including my late grandfather, fled the mother country because of economic hardship from the Opium Wars. England coerced China into accepting the black tar in payment for tea and cracked China open like a ginkgo nut. Old injuries still itch."

"I think …” I say slowly, “’God makes our bodies want to live, no matter what our minds want to do."

"I've never thought too hard about my convictions and wonder if it's too late now."

"A part of me understands the need to keep order, but another part worries that we are being led to fear the wrong things. It's just like Chinatown and all the laws passed to contain us. We were never the enemy. The enemy was our country's own fear."

"I don't understand the constant need to prove one's manhood, as if it is always on the verge of slipping away. We never need to prove our womanhood."

"There are some people, when you meet them, you feel as if you’ve known them all your life. And then there are people who live under your nose all your life, yet you don’t know them at all."

"As long as you have a home, you have a place to plan and dream."

"You miss being a girl?” I ask her. “Not as much as I thought I would. Just feels like when I’m being a boy, I can cut a wider path.“-Under A Painted Sky."

"A community is like that shawl, and once you are a part of it, you tie your fate to the threads closest to you."

"We are all ike candles, and whether we are single or joined with another does not affect how brightly we can burn. Respectfully submitted, Miss Sweetie."