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.

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so.

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.

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 began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.