💬 Quotes

"Each of us is constructing a tiny, private, little world that we are the center of, and the other people in our lives are just kind of like, satellites in our orbit."

"Total freedom is indistinguishable from total loneliness."

"Death is not the end, it’s merely a transition. A shedding of the old skin to reveal the new."

"The past is a ghost that haunts the living, but only if you let it."

"It’s funny how you can be surrounded by people and yet feel completely, utterly alone."

"Every person you meet has a story, and every story has a secret. Some secrets are worth keeping, and others are just waiting to be told."

"Love isn't just a feeling; it’s a commitment. A promise to hold onto someone even when the shadows threaten to pull you apart."

"A woman’s life is like a flower—we bloom for a season, but we are always rooted in the soil of our family’s expectations."

"I had known my laotong, Snow Flower, for a lifetime, yet I felt as though I were only just beginning to understand the depth of our connection."

"To be a woman is to endure, to be silent, and to find beauty in the small spaces allowed to us."

"If you are to be a good wife, you must learn to hide your true self. A woman’s heart should be like a locked box, revealed only to those who truly understand its weight."

"Nu shu is our secret language, a bridge we build across the silence of our rooms to let our souls touch."

"We are two halves of the same soul, linked by a fan that carries our hopes, our sorrows, and the truths we dare not speak aloud."

"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine."

"I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid."

"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit!"

"I'm a dime a dozen, and so are you!"

"The woods are burning, boys, you understand? There’s a big blaze going on all around. I was fired today."

"He had the wrong dreams. All, all, wrong."

"I’ve been waiting in front of that building six years, and I never saw him take a notice of me."