Your life is what you see in front of you. -An-mei

It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.

I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.

People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.