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.
ADELINE YEN MAHThey will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face
More Adeline Yen Mah Quotes
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Keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as opportunity.
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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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Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
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I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.
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People with yuan fen are destined to like one another
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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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X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed.
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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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Suen Le! (it means, “Let it be.
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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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I’m afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim.
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Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
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I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.
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She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip.
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But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
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