Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.

I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand but not in the left.

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

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 was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me... All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me... We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing; unheard and not hearing, unknown by others.