There are only a few stories that I've ever wanted to tell…… - Wakako Yamauchi

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There are only a few stories that I've ever wanted to tell…I wanted to record our lives so they wouldn't be lost. I didn't realize what a responsibility that was. I only wanted to put down a few footprints of our sojourn here, at this time, in this place.

Wakako Yamauchi

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Wakako Yamauchi (October 24, 1924 – August 16, 2018) was a Japanese American writer.

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