Bury What We Cannot Take Quotes

“Haven't you learned by now that he's as powerless as the rest of us? We're at the Party's mercy. If only we'd accepted that from the start.”
― Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take

“His questions were hers: What if a mistake was too grave to live with? What if the guilt wormed its way deep into the flesh and grew more and more potent, devouring tissue and fat and skin, until one day, you looked down, and your whole self had been ravaged and nothing remained?”
― Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take

“The wall by the main entrance was plastered with the usual propaganda images of rosy-cheeked peasants and brave soldiers waving their fists in the air. Passing over the slogans urging her to "Be a Sputnik, Not an Oxcart!" and to "Stop American Aggression, Liberate Taiwan!" she searched the news reports and found herself staring at her very own face, rendered in thick black brushstrokes below the words, "Missing Girl, Big Reward".”
― Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take

“Să fii indispensabil înseamnă să fii prețuit mai presus de orice. Înseamnă să nu fii nevoit niciodată să-ți dovedești valoarea.”
― Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take

“ماذا لو حفر الشعور بالذنب طريقه مثل الديدان عميقًا في اللحم وصار يشتد ويشتد ملتهمًا النسيج والدّهن والجلد، حتى يأتي يوم تنظر فيه الى نفسك وتراها كلها خربةً لم يبق منها شيء؟”
― كيرستن تشين, Bury What We Cannot Take