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Anchee Min quotes: Lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

Lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

Anchee Min quotes: I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.

Anchee Min quotes: The weak one waits for opportunity while the strong one creates.

The weak one waits for opportunity while the strong one creates.

Anchee Min quotes: I think about giving up. I almost do.

I think about giving up. I almost do.

Anchee Min quotes: Tea, opera and poetry should not be missed - longevity depends on one's mental cultivation.

Tea, opera and poetry should not be missed - longevity depends on one's mental cultivation.

Anchee Min quotes: She smiled sadly and recited a saying: "When the guest leaves, the tea will soon get cold." I said my cup of tea would never get cold. Lu

She smiled sadly and recited a saying: "When the guest leaves, the tea will soon get cold." I said my cup of tea would never get cold. Lu

Anchee Min quotes: To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

Anchee Min quotes: My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

Anchee Min quotes: If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.

If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.

Anchee Min quotes: We wanted to donate the pennies to the starving children in America.

We wanted to donate the pennies to the starving children in America.

Anchee Min quotes: She sat calmly sipping her tea. I wondered

She sat calmly sipping her tea. I wondered

Anchee Min quotes: The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.

The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.

Anchee Min quotes: To live is to experience dying and is worse than death,

To live is to experience dying and is worse than death,

Anchee Min quotes: When farmers lose their land, they lose their soul,

When farmers lose their land, they lose their soul,

Anchee Min quotes: If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

Anchee Min quotes: When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

Anchee Min quotes: Mao had decided to make the city his new capital, and he had its name changed from Peking to Beijing.

Mao had decided to make the city his new capital, and he had its name changed from Peking to Beijing.

Anchee Min quotes: Like a singing riverYou break out to flow freelyI am the mountain behindHappily I watch youMemory of usFull and sweet

Like a singing river
You break out to flow freely
I am the mountain behind
Happily I watch you
Memory of us
Full and sweet

Anchee Min quotes: No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

Anchee Min quotes: The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree

The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree

Anchee Min quotes: Tea tasted the best at its second pouring. A

Tea tasted the best at its second pouring. A

Anchee Min quotes: I stood in the wind and tried to get through the moment.

I stood in the wind and tried to get through the moment.

Anchee Min quotes: Mother once told me that one had to lower one's head when passing under low eaves in order to avoid injury.

Mother once told me that one had to lower one's head when passing under low eaves in order to avoid injury.