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

Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.

I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached.

If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei