I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul is nothing more than love, limitless, endless, al….

Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it, then let it walk with you. You can never balk. ….

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life..

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live….

Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his life. I'm not willing to accept e….

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced wi….

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable..

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. An….

What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask..

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were co….

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?.

A Mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place..

People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind..

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying.