Loveboat, Taipei

And if we don’t go after what we love, then what’s the point?

Maybe part of fighting the unhappiness in this world is to seize happiness when we can.

“If she wants to do it, she could.”

Yes, breaking rules has consequences, and sometimes they’re in place for a good reason.

“I know.”
“Know what?”
“We can’t help who we love.”

“Sometimes we don’t have reasons. We just love who we love.”

You’d think with her looks and brains and money, she’d be more confident.

“We Asians,” Sam intones. “Are so wise.”

She makes me question the truth of mathematics. 1 + 1 was always 2. With her, 1+1 is exponential.

When I think back to all the qualities I’ve admired in people I’ve met, I find them all in her. She is fearless. Strong and kind. She loves her family so much she struggles with letting them down, even for her own happiness. When I had a problem, she jumped in headfirst to help me