There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force us, in acknowledging that they have occurred, to restructure our own understanding of reality. We have to make room for them.

Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.

Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale.

Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.

Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.

The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.

One man sees a riselka: his life forks there. Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die. Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die.