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Mary H K Choi
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You’d think there’d be a word for it. That city-living intimacy where you know the minutia of their routines, rituals, and clothes but absolutely nothing else.”
“You’re not going to change your life in a day. It took two years and antianxiety medication for me to stop getting overwhelmed about even getting out of bed. Do the next right thing and don’t worry about anything else coming down the pike.”
“Why do things cost what they do in New York? How am I expected to survive here?”
“What is modern society’s obsession with wiping out all diversity and nuance in favor of cheap, shoddy monoliths?”
“No finite moment is responsible for my success. There wasn’t a fork in the road. Some monumental inflection point where my life changed. It was the accumulation of totally normal, regular-ass days where I worked hard, followed my better instincts, and did the right thing. You don’t get to start over every day; you get to keep going.”
“I want to be happy,” says dad. “I want to be interested and challenged by whatever verb I elect to noun in any given moment of my life. If I am healthy, my family’s healthy, and I am of sound enough mind to sustain curiousity around my work, then I’m blessed.”
“Even in this rich-ass neighborhood, I suspect we’re all pretty much fucked.”
“Do you enjoy doing anything for the sake of doing it? Life isn’t a destination. It’s the continual practice of things that make you wiser and happier.”
“But seriously, how am I supposed to learn how to do this when I’m already in the type of financial ruin that metastasizes this violently?”
“Art is fueled by longing but you must learn to want what you have, not get what you want. It’s the only way to stop suffering. I pray that you’ll know this meaning by the time you’re my age.”
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