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“The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“It was a limbo of an existence; he couldn’t have what he once had, and he was never able to move on. His memories were his only company.”
― Arising Son: Part One
― Arising Son: Part One
“Houses nearby were burning, and when huge drops of water the size of marbles began to fall, he half thought that they must be coming from the hoses of firemen fighting the blazes. (They were actually drops of condensed moisture falling from the turbulent tower of dust, heat, and fission fragments that had already risen miles into the sky above Hiroshima.)”
― Hiroshima
― Hiroshima
“I considered myself a Christian. But looking back on it, I guess I was more of a Kluggist. I was klugging my own spirituality. It was years before I would find out how dangerous that was.”
― Slow Brewing Tea
― Slow Brewing Tea
“People say that Kashmir was crafted by God’s own hand. He molded the high mountains and hills that stretch as far as the eye can see, purified the crystal blue rivers and lakes, and painted the grass with His brush. He’s kept its beauty fresh ever since, a slice of heaven on earth.
I don’t believe that. I think God forgot about us a long time ago. The aesthetic countryside is nothing but a facade, an illusion. Underneath the land’s mirage of beauty lies the truth, and this truth is the one thing the people of Kashmir understand above all else: suffering.”
― The Orphans of Kashmir
I don’t believe that. I think God forgot about us a long time ago. The aesthetic countryside is nothing but a facade, an illusion. Underneath the land’s mirage of beauty lies the truth, and this truth is the one thing the people of Kashmir understand above all else: suffering.”
― The Orphans of Kashmir
Tuan’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Tuan’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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