Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.

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But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo

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