“The inner Min starved; she woke in the middle of the night, then lay for hours wondering what was wrong.” — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“She'll be an excellent novelist: a monster of self-absorption.” — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“It's because of the way you are. It's why you're happy reading novels. You're only comfortable with a piece of the world that you… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“What do you mean by yuanfen?" She thought for a minute and replied, "It means: that apportionment of love which is destined for you… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“For each of us, he understood, is born into our own time and eventually the things we held as the center of our world,… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“For it is through humility, he knew, that holiness--and poetry--find entrance to the human soul.” — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
If I could change a single thing about my life,' she said gently, 'I would not have been so unhappy when I was young. — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
Haven't we all, as time continues, found that we must be kind to ourselves and listen to our thoughts, because fewer and fewer of… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“The inner Min starved; she woke in the middle of the night, then lay for hours wondering what was wrong.” — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“Who would one rather be? The one who desires, or the object of desire? One's answer to this question might determine if he is… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
“After emotions are felt, expressed, where do they go? Is there a place where spent passion collects? Surely it can't simply vaporize, disappear like… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
The people who matter the most to us in the end, who teach us the most, are the people who make their worst mistakes… — Lan Samantha Chang Copy Share Image
