And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.

Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above. Page 279

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.

Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions