But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit.

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?