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Adeline Yen Mah

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

Anand Thakur
Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
ADELINE YEN MAH

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

Anand Thakur
You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
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 MAH

Anand Thakur
X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed.
ADELINE YEN MAH

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

Anand Thakur
I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
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.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
I’m afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim.
ADELINE YEN MAH

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

Anand Thakur
You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
Don’t trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
She was surrounded by neighbours and friends who congregated at her bedside day and night.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur
The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.
ADELINE YEN MAH

Anand Thakur

They will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face

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