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

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.

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

See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences. They, too, shall pass away.

This is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea.

We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events

It's amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one's spirits.

The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones.

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion

I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful.

He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'.

The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.