“ Haven't we all, as time continues, found that we must be kind to ourselves and listen to our thoughts, because fewer and fewer of those remain who know what is most real to us? Lan Samantha Chang
“ What do you mean by yuanfen?She thought for a minute and replied, It means: that apportionment of love which is destined for you in this world. Lan Samantha Chang
“ Who would one rather be? The one who desires, or the object of desire? One's answer to this question might determine if he is meant to be a poet or something else entirely. Lan Samantha Chang
“ If I could change a single thing about my life,' she said gently, 'I would not have been so unhappy when I was young. Lan Samantha Chang
“ It's because of the way you are. It's why you're happy reading novels. You're only comfortable with a piece of the world that you can hold in your hand. Lan Samantha Chang
“ For it is through humility, he knew, that holiness--and poetry--find entrance to the human soul. Lan Samantha Chang
“ For each of us, he understood, is born into our own time and eventually the things we held as the center of our world, dearly, unforgivingly, must fade. Lan Samantha Chang
“ The inner Min starved; she woke in the middle of the night, then lay for hours wondering what was wrong. Lan Samantha Chang
“ The people who matter the most to us in the end, who teach us the most, are the people who make their worst mistakes with us. Lan Samantha Chang
