Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I knew she could see me and what she had finally done. So i shut her eyes with my fingers and told her with my heart: I cah see the truth, too. I am strong, too.

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth.

I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN AND ONLY IMAGINED. I OFTEN SENSE A SPIRIT OR FORCE OR MEANING BEYOND MYSELF. I LEAVE IT OPEN AS TO WHAT THE SPIRIT IS, BUT I CONTINUE TO MAKE GUESSES.

Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit.

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.