The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.

In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it is composed of two characters. The first means pain; the second means love. That is a mother's love.

My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.

Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was letting him come into my lungs, my eyes, my heart.

And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.

When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad.

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