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- I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.
- Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.
- Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Peony in…
- If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband's family, why should a mother…
- I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control. Our hearts and…
- When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune…
- It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am…
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