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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

Works

Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
Adeline Yen Mah: 8 quotes5 likes

Famous Adeline Yen Mah Quotes

“Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.”

Adeline Yen Mah book Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society

Source: Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society

“People with yuan fen are destined to like one another;
Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart.
But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals,
They will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face”

Adeline Yen Mah book Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society

Source: Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society

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

Adeline Yen Mah

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.”

Adeline Yen Mah

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.”

Adeline Yen Mah

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

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

Adeline Yen Mah

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.”

Adeline Yen Mah

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”

Adeline Yen Mah

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

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