I did not lose myself all at once.

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

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

Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. And because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow.

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