“We never expressed this to each other in Chinese, because it wasnt something said in Chinese culture; the emotions were too strong, the words too coarse, and besides, it was assumed that parents an...”

“Hey, its nice of you to show up! That was a decent start. What has it beena year since you flattened my heart by leaving without a word and ignoring all of my texts, messages, and voicemails?”

“Over the years, we had been as cautious as blindfolded men feeling their way around a mysterious beast, trying to extrapolate what was between us without communicating the knowledge that would have...”

“So you do know!" I shouted. My phone lay there like a genie's bottle, inanimate and yet containing the ability to grant me wishes and knowledge. "Girl, spill before I come over and dye your hair a ...”

“My mother was either telepathic or she had secret cameras in my apartment, and I hoped for the latter.”

“We never expressed this to each other in Chinese, because it wasn’t something said in Chinese culture; the emotions were too strong, the words too coarse, and besides, it was assumed that parents a...”

“There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.”

“It is the story that lies around the edges of the photographs, or at the end of newspaper account. It's about the lies we tell others to protect them, and about the lies we tell ourselves in order ...”

“You're the only man I know willing to jump from the top floor of a skyscraper, naked with an axe just to get the bad guy - Selena”