... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.

Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.

If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.

With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once again be together. So I march through the deepening shadows, serene and unafraid, because I know that at the end of my journey they will be waiting for me.

Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.

Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.

We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles