“Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.”

“Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.”

“People want to believe they know other people. Parents want to believe they know their kids. Wives want to believe they know their husbands.”

“The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose some weight." By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self image.”

“They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents.”

“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.”