“For it is through humility, he knew, that holiness--and poetry--find entrance to the human soul.” — 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 meant to be a poet or something else entirely.” — 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
