Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a … - David Henry Hwang

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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

David Henry Hwang

Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a short Japanese businessman? He treats her cruelly, then goes home for three years, during which time she prays to his picture and turns down marriage from a young Kennedy. Then, when she learns he has remarried, she kills herself. Now I believe you should consider this girl to be a deranged idiot, correct? But because it's an Oriental who kills herself for a Westerner–ah!–you find it beautiful.

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