Your only shame is to have shame.

Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.

I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control.

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

So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time. And that fragment of time is preserved or lost or found in mysterious ways. Mystery is a wonderful part of life.

Clichés are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my mother’s: Fang pi bu-cho, cho pi bu-fang. Basically that translates to: "Loud farts don’t stink, and the really smelly ones don’t make a sound." In other words: When you’re full of beans, you just blow a lot of hot air. If you want to have a real impact, be deadly but silent. Oh, also recognize the difference between a bad cliché and a good quotation. My mother’s saying is a good quotation. You should use it often.

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