I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.

In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.

There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang

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.

Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Peony in Love

i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay

While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside.