“She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip.”

They will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face

You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English.

Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart. But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals

I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.

Don’t trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.

I’m afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim.

You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.

But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English.

To my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given.

You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.

She was surrounded by neighbours and friends who congregated at her bedside day and night.

People with yuan fen are destined to like one another

In this cosy, noisy, gregarious world of the “all-chinese” sickbed, so different from the stark, sterile solitude of the American hospital room, her life had assumed the astounding quality of a continuous farewell party.

Suen Le! (it means, “Let it be.

Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat.

Today I learned how to bake mean banana bread.

In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

Could you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me. Sweet to see friends in the night, however short the time.

Between you and me only reason will be the judge … since you proceed according to the rational method, so shall I. …

They could recognize each other’s style by their dots and dashes. They called that the “fist.” St. George, they have a fist.