People living on others' goodwill cannot afford political opinions.

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Would be simpler
if English
and life
were logical

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Oh, my daughter,
at times you have to fight,
but preferably
not with your fists.

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This year I hope
I truly learn
to fly-kick
not to kick anyone
so much as
to fly.

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No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again

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Tags: young-adult-fiction



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Whoever invented English
should have learned
to spell.

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Mother says,
People share
when they know they have escaped hunger.

Shouldn't people share
because there is hunger?

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Tags: humanity



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I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl!

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Tags: life love war hope refugees vietnam saigon vietnamese insideoutandbackagain



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Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.

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Tags: life learning classic hope vietnam-war hope-and-despair vietnamese insideoutandbackagain childrensbooks



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Mother warns
how we act today
foretells the whole year

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