Chemistry

by Weike Wang

I did not think I was shouting. In my mind, I was whispering.

Some advice on happiness: the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

I carry close to my chest a ball of barbed wire that I sometimes throw at other people.

With your walkways obstructed, you will have no more visitors.

a caveat: No one should lead a life of low expectations. Emotions such as disappointment are also important to experience.

Why does she deserve this kind of loyalty? She doesn’t. But she does because she is my mother.

To progress in life, I still feel as if I must colonize the moon.

Why the moon? That’s just setting yourself up for failure. I mean, yes, you should at least try, but don’t kill yourself over it. There are other things out there.

I hope they never die because once they do, I will be alone.

Beijing Summer Olympics.

I am immensely proud.

Mother, Father, I think I know what it means to hurt for you.

My father’s remedy for motion sickness is to look at green things in the distance.

I have heard of looking at stationary objects in the distance, but never the green.

Then I visit the place where he grew up.

In the distance, on all sides...