Yangsze Choo

The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful".

If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better".

The Chinese considered the moon to be yin, feminine and full of negative energy, as opposed to the sun that was yang and exemplified masculinity. I liked the moon, with its soft silver beams. It was at once elusive and filled with trickery, so that lost objects that had rolled into the crevices of a room were rarely found, and books read in its light seemed to contain all sorts of fanciful stories that were never there the next morning.