[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fYuswZhrWun1sNFBpDqQsnaAy4hclyMqnyPgDt_j_tv8":3,"$fgxfPkD84GmH42g3cET0EgOt9uK5h5J8p-FrIGr68Skc":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},31062,"Kao Kalia Yang","K",20,null,"kao-kalia-yang",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,22,28,35,41,47,53,59,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3181484,"I’ve not heard the world the way you do for a long time now.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3181474,"He was young, and it didn’t matter that he already had a wife and two girls – the lonely women in the camp were still willing to become his second wife. Only.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":34},3181465,"Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nKao Kalia Yang, a Hmong-American writer and activist, shares this poignant reflection on love and resilience in her memoir \"The Song of Life.\" Written from the perspective of her childhood, the quote captures the struggles faced by refugees and immigrants who often must navigate difficult circumstances together. As Yang recounts her family's experience fleeing Laos after the Vietnam War, it becomes clear that love is not just an emotional bond but also a survival strategy.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nMost readers might interpret this quote as a testament to the enduring power of love in adversity. However, the deeper insight lies in the understanding that love can sometimes be a source of suffering, particularly when individuals prioritize the well-being of their partners over their own. By choosing to \"stick together,\" Yang's parents are acknowledging that their individual struggles would be easier to bear apart, yet they are willing to endure hardship together.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn modern professional and creative contexts, this mindset can be applied by recognizing when prioritizing the needs of others may require personal sacrifice. Rather than trying to \"tough it out\" alone or seeking an \"easier life,\" individuals can adopt a more nuanced approach by acknowledging and embracing the complexities of interdependent relationships. By doing so, they can foster stronger connections and build resilience through shared struggles rather than individual survival strategies.",{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},3181449,"Emotions are captive to reality.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},3181440,"My parents tried their best at English, but their best was not catching up with Dawb’s and mine. We were picking up the language faster, and so we became the interpreters and translators for our family dealings with American people. In the beginning, we just did it because it was easier and because we did not want to see them struggle over easy things. They were working hard for the more important things in our lives. Later, we realized so many other cousins and friends were doing the same. I.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3181425,"I learned that what made our parents sad was not so much the hardness of the life they had to lead in America, or the hardness of the lives they had led to get to America, but the hardness of OUR lives in America. It was always about the children.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},3181410,"When the Americans left Laos in 1975, they took the most influential, the biggest believers and fighters for democracy with them, and they left my family and thousands of others behind to wait for a fight that would end for so many in death. A third of the Hmong died in the war with the Americans. Another third were slaughtered in its aftermath. From.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},3181402,"On the planes, we leaned our heads back against the tall headrests, closed our eyes to what we had known, and imagined futures for our children – not for ourselves, because we knew that we were too old to start anew and filled with too much sorrow, too many regrets.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},3181375,"I loved the idea and power of a journey from the clouds. It gave babies power: we choose to be born to our lives; we give ourselves to people who make the earth look more inviting than the sky.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},3181355,"Hmong tradition dictated that only a son could find the guides who would lead the spirits of his mother or father to the land of the ancestors.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":78,"totalPages":79,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":80},1,2,10]