My father saw Islam as a way to connect with the community. He never went to prayer services except for big communal events. I am absolutely certain that my father did not go to services every Friday. He was not religious. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
We can do much to help our communities loosen their boundaries and begin to welcome a multitude of ways of being to make sure that individuals of mixed race, religion, or ethnicities don’t feel the need to choose one or the other but see their layers as a gift, something that adds beauty. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
I ended up very American and very Indonesian and a little bit of a lot of things. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
I don’t think the White House has always reflected the textures and flavors of this country. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
My mother was a courageous woman, and she had such tremendous love for life. She loved the natural world. She would wake us up in the middle of the night to go look at the moon. When I was a teenager, this was a source of great frustration because I wanted to sleep. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
I think you can have varied and seemingly contradictory depictions of a single person because we all have many facets and, in a way, many selves. Maya Soetoro-Ng Read Quote
