It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want.

too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.

Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them.

I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations.

I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei

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

Dementia was like a truth serum.