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- My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how to be the nurturing mother…
- I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
- I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not,…
- I like to go somewhere where I learn something I didn't know before, like the Dry Tortugas between Florida and Cuba.
- But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's…
- And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you must save it."…
- I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness…
- My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the Polaroid goes off…
- Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.
- They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been…
- That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love - that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person…
- And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don't know why something…
- You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.
- I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know what that was.…
- You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.
- So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time.…
- I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.
- I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and…
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