She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself.

A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.

There is a certain amount of politeness here in America, which is probably more than just politeness.

Overall there may be less censorship in America than in China, but censorship and self-censorship are not only from political pressure, but also pressures from other places in a society.

There are people who are willing to work within the system, and people who don't want to work with the system at all.

The decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on the first try.

Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.