Adeline Yen Mah Quotes

Adeline Yen Mah is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography Falling Leaves. She is married to Professor Robert A. Mah with whom she has a daughter, and a son from a previous marriage. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. November 1937

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Famous Adeline Yen Mah Quotes

“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”

Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”

Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.”

Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.”

Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.”

Variant: Don't trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards”

Source: Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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