But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. -Jing-mei

And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female.

External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much as I may dislike or want to reject that responsibility, this is something that comes with public success. It's important to give others a sense of hope that it is possible and you can come from really different places in the world and find your own place in the world that's unique for yourself.

All objects exist in a moment of time.