“Having a date with someone other than your ex-wife after being a married man for more than twenty five years was an important occasion alright, but wearing a tie she bought with such strong emotion...”

“The only difference between having an affair here and having an affair there was that the American men would always ended up losing half of his estates over a woman he was infatuated just as much a...”

“A lot of people travel because they are unhappy, but travelling does not necessary makes one happier. Sometimes it exacerbates the unhappiness, the loneliness.”

“Between the new, happy him, and the old, depressing him, there stood in the way only his lack of imagination.”

“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe.”

“The face of self-pity was universally understood.”

“I barely took a moment to appreciate nature. Come to think of it, theonly time I did it was when I was so upset I wanted to commit suicide in theHuang Pu river.”

“Find time to admire and appreciate the glittering lights on snowflakes.”

“If I cant sing, then let me listen to the songs of the wilderness and let me watch the dance of a lonely leaf.”

“Theres more to life than increasing its speed.”

“Full minds create chaos.”

“We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still”