Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment.

I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.

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.

You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.

Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love?

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

And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.