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

"Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess."
- Ch. 5

You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You don't mind that he is beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and morally — that's the worst, I think, deficient morals. (Saving Fish From Drowning)

Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to remember what made your life worthwhile and happy.