The life we receive is not always what we choose. - Amy Tan

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!

If you asked me how I felt when they told me I would marry Wen Fu, I can say only this: It was like being told I had won a big prize. And it was also like being told my head was going to be chopped off. Something between those two feelings.

But you can't stay in the dark for so long. Something inside of you starts to fade and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.