Joanna Ho Quotes

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My eyes crinkle into crescent moons and sparkle like the stars. Gold flecks dance and twirl while stories whirl in their oolong pools, carrying tales of the past and hope for the future.
Joanna Ho (Eyes that Kiss in the Corners)
There is a silence that binds us. It ties our tongues when we need help. It muzzles our minds when we need to reach out and shackles our voices when we need to speak up.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
We're taking back the narrative, and people are listening. Our voices are more than sword and shield. They are bridges too.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
[Silence] is a blanket we pull over our heads to hide from the world-- where difficulty breathing is the price we pay for an illusion of safety.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Hearts and minds are changed through stories.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I'm a miracle.
Joanna Ho (Eyes that Kiss in the Corners)
My words were sword and shield. Together our words can be an army.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
People who won't listen to arguments or facts can still be changed by stories.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Narratives have also been controlled... It's been happening throughout history. We can't let them control the narrative forever.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Do you think your mom and dad parent out of love or fear?
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Don't stop learning because there's too much to learn.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trims on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl.
Joanna Ho (Eyes that Kiss in the Corners)
Thing is, anyone who thinks Asian women are submissive and silent has never truly known one. Asian women are matriarchs of the earth.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
KIMBER: Be happy. U have a hot guy coming over and he’s bringing dinner. Women have killed for less ME: Whose side you on? KIMBER: Mine. Haven’t u figured this out yet? ME: Bitch KIMBER: Ho ME: At least I don’t drive a minivan KIMBER: See if I make YOU margaritas again! LOW BLOW!!!!!! ME: <3
Joanna Wylde (Reaper's Legacy (Reapers MC, #2))
This silence we share is one that connects us. It is a bond of heartbreak and healing. Sadness and hope. Darkness and light. And most of all, love.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl. Big eyes, long lashes. Not me. I have eyes that kiss on the corners and glow like warm tea.
Joanna Ho (Eyes that Kiss in the Corners)
Is silence neutrality if it protects my family?
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Does being nice make someone not racist?
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
But people who won’t listen to arguments or facts can still be changed by stories.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
If an Asian woman is silent, it’s not because she’s submissive; it’s because she’s watching. Watching and learning. Like a warrior.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
We will never have a better world until all our stories are told. We will never have a better world until all our histories are known. We will never have a better world until all our voices are heard.” He
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
First, learning and changing is hard. Second, what’s wrong with people disagreeing with, hating even, what you’re saying? People will always fight against you when you take a stand. That doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
was unmoored. Without my anchor, I floated on an endless ocean under a starless sky. I bobbed up and down. Up and down. I drifted with no thought or direction. Darkness here was the same as darkness there. There was darkness everywhere.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
Vi racconterò una storia sulla vecchia filosofa di Whileaway – è un personaggio popolare tra di noi, assai divertente a suo modo, o come diciamo noi “scabrosa”. La Vecchia Filosofa di Whileaway era seduta a gambe incrociate in mezzo alle sue discepole (come al solito) quando, senza la minima spiegazione, introdusse le dita nella vagina, le estrasse e domandò: «Che cosa ho qui?». Le discepole rifletterono tutte molto profondamente. «La vita», disse una giovane donna. «La forza», disse un’altra. «I lavori domestici», disse una terza. «Il passare del tempo», disse la quarta, «e la tragica irreversibilità della verità organica». La vecchia filosofa di Whileaway emise un fischio che le fece azzittire. Era immensamente divertita da questa passione per l’invenzione di miti. «Esercitate le vostre fantasie proiettive», disse, «sulla gente che non può replicare», e aprendo la sua mano, mostrò loro che le dita erano perfettamente prive di sangue, in parte perché aveva centrotré anni e aveva da tempo superato la menopausa, e in parte perché era appena morta quella mattina. Poi battè un colpo violento sulla testa e sulle spalle delle sue discepole con la sua stampella e sparì. Due delle discepole ottennero immediatamente l’Illuminazione, la terza s’inquietò violentemente per l’impostura e andò a vivere come un’eremita nelle montagne, mentre la quarta – completamente disillusa dalla filosofia, che le parve tutto sommato un gioco da imbroglioni – abbandonò per sempre il filosofare per intraprendere il lavoro di dragaggio dei porti insabbiati.
Joanna Russ (The Female Man)
Vi dirò come mi sono trasformata in un uomo. Prima ho dovuto trasformarmi in una donna. Ero stata neutra molto tempo, voglio dire che non ero affatto una donna ma uno-dei-ragazzi, perché se entri in una riunione di uomini, per motivi professionali o di altro genere, tanto vale mettersi un cartellone pubblicitario con la scritta: GUARDATE! HO LE TETTE! Ci sono sogghigni e risolini, rossori, contorsioni ipocrite, giochini con la cravatta, bottoni che vengono sistemati, allusioni, citazioni cortesi e una galanteria molto consapevole, sommata a un’insistenza compiaciuta sul mio fisico. Tutta questa robaccia solo per farmi piacere. Se diventi brava a essere uno-dei-ragazzi, il problema scompare. Naturalmente ciò comporta una certa spersonalizzazione, ma il cartellone pubblicitario svanisce; ribattei a tono e risi alle battute scherzose, specialmente quelle di natura ostile. Sotto sotto continui a ripetere in maniera gradevole ma risoluta: No, no, no, no, no, no. Ma è vitale per il mio lavoro e a me piace il mio lavoro. Ritengo abbiano deciso che le mie tette non erano autentiche, o che appartenessero a qualcun’altra (alla mia sorella gemella), così mi hanno diviso dal collo in su; come dicevo, questo richiede una certa spersonalizzazione. Ero certa che una volta ottenuto il dottorato di ricerca, la cattedra universitaria, la medaglia al torneo di tennis, il contratto da ingegnere, uno stipendio da diecimila dollari l’anno, una domestica a tempo pieno, la fama e il rispetto dei colleghi, una volta divenuta forte, alta e bella, una volta che il mio quoziente di intelligenza avesse superato la quota 200, e una volta divenuta un genio, solo allora avrei potuto togliermi il cartellone pubblicitario. Lasciai a casa sorrisi e risate allegre. Non sono una donna; sono un uomo. Sono una donna con la mente d’un uomo. Lo dicono tutti.
Joanna Russ (The Female Man)
If I felt happy, does that mean I'm forgetting Danny?
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
Every place that Danny once stood, once laughed, once breathed is now a gaping hole.
Joanna Ho (The Silence that Binds Us)
I was unmoored. Without my anchor, I floated on an endless ocean under a starless sky. I bobbed up and down. Up and down. I drifted with no thought or direction. Darkness here was the same as darkness there. There was darkness everywhere.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
Being nice doesn’t change racist systems. Fighting back does. To people who support those systems, fighting to dismantle them—or dang, just pointing out injustice at all—doesn’t feel nice.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
Our silence gives men like Nate McIntyre the power to control the narrative. To revise our histories and shape our futures. But every time we speak out, it is an act of love. Love is how we overcome fear.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)
One, it makes Black folks, not the racist systems, the problem. Two, it makes assimilation more appealing for Asians. They drink the ‘white Kool-Aid.’ Three, it divides oppressed people so we won’t unite against our oppressors.
Joanna Ho (The Silence That Binds Us)