You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

To come so far, to lose so much and to find nothing. -Jing-mei

You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You don't mind that he is beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and morally--that's the worst, I think, deficient morals. (Saving Fish From Drowning)

Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.

I did not lose myself all at once.

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one?

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of.