I like to go somewhere where I learn something I didn't know before, like the Dry Tortugas between Florida and Cuba.

Dementia was like a truth serum.

I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his life. I'm not willing to accept emotional scraps anymore.

That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting so much. And once it is closed, you no longer see what is underneath, what started the pain.