Cathy

“It has been said that marriages are arranged by Heaven, that destiny will bring even the most distantly separated people together, that all is settled before birth, and no matter how much we wander from our paths, no matter how our fortunes change—for good or bad—all we can do is accomplish the decree of fate. This, in the end, is our blessing and our heartbreak. Regrets”
― Lisa See, Shanghai Girls

“…the first doctrine of Buddhism [is]: it cannot be taught. No experience can be taught. All that can be taught is the way to an experience.”
― Richard Conrad, Culture Hacks: Deciphering Differences in American, Chinese, and Japanese Thinking

“it’s not what happens to you, but how you handle what happens that makes a difference.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Even if I could be forgiven, how long could I keep up the insincere apologies I made in pain, once I was back in my comfortable old high place. IV-98. For never can true reconcilement grow / Where wounds of deadly hate have peirc'd so deep:”
― Joseph Lanzara, John Milton's Paradise Lost In Plain English