The Pisces
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didn’t want to die. Or at least, I didn’t want to feel myself dying or drowning.


“felt”
― The Pisces
― The Pisces

“The privilege of assimilation is that you are left alone. But assimilation must not be mistaken for power, because once you have acquired power, you are exposed, and your model minority qualifications that helped you in the past can be used against you, since you are no longer invisible.”
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
― Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

“To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients—care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions

“I kept a devotional journal, producing a record of spiritual longing that was fierce and jagged and dissolving. I pleaded for things I still find very recognizable. Help me to not put on an act of any kind,”
― Trick Mirror
― Trick Mirror
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