X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed.
ADELINE YEN MAHTo my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given.
More Adeline Yen Mah Quotes
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People with yuan fen are destined to like one another
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You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent.
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At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.
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To my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given.
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I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.
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You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.
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Suen Le! (it means, “Let it be.
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You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.
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Don’t trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
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But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
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She was surrounded by neighbours and friends who congregated at her bedside day and night.
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Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
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Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart. But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals
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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.
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The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.
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