“Too many good things all seem the same after a while. ”

“While it is good to speak well, it is better to speak the truth.”

“And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song.”

“But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And I remember everything that happened that day becasue it has happened many times in my life. The same innocence, trust, and restlessness; the wonder, fear, and lonliness. How I lost myself. I remember all these things. And tonight, on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, I also remember what I asked the Moon Lady so long ago. I wished to be found.”

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

“My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more.”

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