With each passing day, I didn't lose hope. I fought to have more.

God, life changes faster than you think.

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one?

Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of your personality, Shanghai personality becomes part of yours.

But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. -Jing-mei

The life we receive is not always what we choose.

Sometimes you change to survive, and some things you don't give up, or you're too prideful, and then you think well, what's pride? Is it a good thing? Maybe it's a bad thing. That's what I look at in my life. It's always a question in my life I look at, and I never find the answer, because if I did, probably I wouldn't have books to write.