Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.

She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed. To my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given. She was surrounded by neighbours and friends who congregated at her bedside day and night. In this cosy, noisy, gregarious world of the "all-chinese" sickbed, so different from the stark, sterile solitude of the American hospital room, her life had assumed the astounding quality of a continuous farewell party.

You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.

But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.

Don't trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.

Suen Le! (it means, "Let it be.