We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.
~ Anchee Min
If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.
The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree
When I first came to America, you know, I would look at the newsstands and see the women on the magazine covers. I had never seen anyone smile the way these girls smile! It's like they have nothing to worry about!