prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.

you must not use wood to put out the fire.

If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.

to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.

A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.

What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?

Linda Heavner Gerald received a silver medal for Fiction from FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association)

A smile is a sunny spirit.

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

What we call life is only talk of nature.

The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.

I'm tipping the hat and looking back.

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.