Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is.
Gish JenMany women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than men.
Gish JenThat there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.
Gish JenA white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib.
Gish Jen