We are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood. - Amy Tan

Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.

Then she told me why a tiger is gold and black. It has two ways. The gold side leaps with its fierce heart. The black side stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between the trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come. I did not learn to use my black side until after the bad man left me.

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.