“Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly...”

“I was so used to pretending to be something I wasn't, it shocked me to be seen for what I was.”

“What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them.”

“He walked across the room and flicked a switch. A spotlight turned on, illuminating a laminated poster of a woman on his wall. He took a crayon from his pocket and began drawing on it. I could see ...”

“Perhaps women were once so dangerous they had to have their feet bound.”

“The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238”

“Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party?I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces.In the name of revolution, for thought crimes,Such questions can turn me to ashes.”