A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.

Dementia was like a truth serum.

All objects exist in a moment of time.

After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?

Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls

Believe me, daughter, there is nothing worse than having your own family member out for revenge.

What is the past but what we choose to remember?

He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.

Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to remember what made your life worthwhile and happy.

Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time.

If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'.

But in this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.

The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me

Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.

"Nasty Man" isn't a laughing matter, but you have to laugh anyway. The song, itself, becomes something of a laughing matter because we'd go crazy if we didn't keep laughing.

Positive people with positive attitudes ignites energy in me

Vladimir: Did I ever leave you? Estragon: You let me go.

A career is a portfolio of projects that teach you new skills, gain you new expertise, develop new capabilities, grow your colleague set, and constantly reinvent you as a brand.

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking