New Arrival
"I OFTEN WONDER WHAT I WOULD DO IF
THERE WEREN'T ANY BOOKS IN THE WORLD."
- James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
"...this was the gold from our mining: 'Thou mayest.' The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin (and you can call sin ignorance). The King James translation makes a promise in 'Thou shalt,' meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' That makes a man great and that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win."
about the author
Philippine-born and Hong Kong-raised.
Karina IC La'O has received her BA in Visual Studies from Lingnan University in 2022. Currently, she is pursuing her MA in Creative Writing – Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia ('23–'24). She has previously won the Junior First Place prize for the 2016 HK Top Story competition and since then, has continued her pursuit of writing through mentorships with Zolima Citymag and OWN Academy x SoHo House HK.
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from random musings to intricate thoughts, I want to know them all. if you'd like to share 'em, at least!