“To come so far, to lose so much and to find nothing.-Jing-mei”

“But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.-Jing-mei”

“I won't be what I'm not.-Jing-mei”

“If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever.-An-mei”

“Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that of your mother, and her mother. Until there is nothing. No scar, no skin, no flesh.-An-mei”

“Your life is what you see in front of you.-An-mei”

“how can the world in all its chaos come up with so many coincidences, so many similarities and exact opposites?”