Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.

A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.

He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.

You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.