“I think I'm very complex. That's why I'm still writing after all of these years :)”

“I've heard the rumors but you won't come clean.I guess I'm hoping it's because of me...”

“I used to think all drunks were idiots, but I don't anymore; I've changed my mind about idiots.”

“i was the never the girl who thought i need to make sure i look like all the other girl. i think you look best when you stand out”

“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews”

“He was shy, timid, gentle, and kind, but he wrote gruesome and painful books. He saw the world as full of invisible demons, who tear apart and destroy defenseless people. He was too clear-sighted and too wise to be able to live; he was too weak to fight, he had that weakness of noble, beautiful people who are not able to do battle against the fear of misunderstandings, unkindness, or intellectual lies. Such persons know beforehand that they are powerless and go down in defeat in such a way that they shame the victor. He knew people as only people of great sensitivity are able to know them, as somebody who is alone and sees people almost prophetically, from one flash of a face. He knew the world in a deep and extraordinary manner. He was himself a deep and extraordinary world.”

“I think the most important thing for you to do in the meantime is live. It is a very involving job, which takes much concentration and practice.”