There's a reason why the form was originally silent

Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a short Japanese businessman? He treats her cruelly, then goes home for three years, during which time she prays to his picture and turns down marriage from a young Kennedy. Then, when she learns he has remarried, she kills herself. Now I believe you should consider this girl to be a deranged idiot, correct? But because it's an Oriental who kills herself for a Westerner–ah!–you find it beautiful.

I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said Deformed Mans Toilet, that kind of thing.

Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school.

The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can’t think for herself

Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

We are all prisoners of our time and place.