by Lydia Hsu | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Everyone understands hunger, illness, poverty, slavery, and torture. No one understood that at this moment at which she crossed the street with every privilege granted her, of not being hungry, of not being imprisoned or tortured, all these privileges were a subtler...
by Lydia Hsu | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I feel like I’m on this solitary lifelong path. No matter who weaves in and out of your life, regardless of the quality of those deep friendships and familyships, I’m the only common denominator at this point who’s been with me the whole time. And there’s this sense...
by Lydia Hsu | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
It takes a really great plate of pasta to inspire a smile like that. A friend once asked me, “Given a choice – would you prefer a life that is stable and relatively uneventful, or a life of drama and extremes?” “Well, happiness is defined by sadness,” I said...
by Lydia Hsu | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.” – Anais Nin, Henry and June. Paris is a lover – an experienced lover. She knows her attributes well and does not flaunt them; instead, she allows you to marvel and she veils her eyes...
by Lydia Hsu | Jan 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
“It’s not that,” said Magnus. “There are some people — people the universe seems to have singled out for special destinies. Special favors and special torments. God knows we’re all drawn toward what’s beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be...
