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.

What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask.

But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo

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.

I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents' promiise. This means nothing to you, because to you promises mean nothing... But later, she will forget her promise. She will forget she had a grandmother.

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And I remember everything that happened that day becasue it has happened many times in my life. The same innocence, trust, and restlessness; the wonder, fear, and lonliness. How I lost myself. I remember all these things. And tonight, on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, I also remember what I asked the Moon Lady so long ago. I wished to be found.