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

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

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.

Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess." - Ch. 5

I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.