Life's always a big fucking compromise. You don't always get what you want, no matter how smart you are, how hard you work, how good you are. That's … - Amy Tan

When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the house and thought, soon I will no longer have to see these walls and all the unhappiness they keep inside.

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one?

Yet part of me also thinks the whole idea makes perfect sense. The three of us, leaving our differences behind, stepping on the plane together, sitting side by side, lifting off, moving West to reach the East.