11 quotes found
“Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards”
“No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.”
“I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me.”
“Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.”
“To celebrate his prosperity, fellow employees and friends urged him to take a young concubine to "serve him". Even Ye Ye's boss, the London-educated K. C. Li, jokingly volunteered to "give" him a c...”
“People with yuan fen are destined to like one another;Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart.But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals,They will remain strangers despite sit...”
“In the early 1970s, racial and gender discrimination was still prevalent. The easy camaraderie prevailing in the operating room evaporated at the completion of surgical procedures. There was an uns...”
“Thats exactly what Ill do, I thought to myself. After dinner, Im going to ask BigBrother to teach me how to read this map. With Aunt Baba still in Tianjin, theresobviously nobody looking out for me...”
“Mother Teresa once said, "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the greatest poverty." To this I will add: Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand...”
“Alcenith Crawford (a divorced ophthalmologist): "We women doctors have un-happy marriages because in our minds we are the superstars of our families. Having survived the hardship of medical school ...”
“That’s exactly what I’ll do, I thought to myself. After dinner, I’m going to ask BigBrother to teach me how to read this map. With Aunt Baba still in Tianjin, there’sobviously nobody looking out fo...”