And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

As he farmed, hard labor left his hands callused, the sun bleached his hair, his face leathered, and his heart throbbed with music.

Everyday, Jay would sit under a giant elm tree and imagine the adventures his life might bring.

People ask whether there is Hell. Yes, there is Hell: Hate is Hell!

I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If it's tobacco, then let it be tobacco.

It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before.

Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.

Our essential purpose is to become the best version of ourselves.

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I take them minute by minute, but I honor my commitment to stay sober.