Chemistry

by Weike Wang

Did I go into science because I liked it? Or because I was, at the beginning, very good at it and then began to like it?

Fear of following the other person despite that person being good and reasonable and kind? What phobia is that? Stupidity?

An equation. happiness = reality – expectations If reality > expectations, then you are happy. If reality < expectations, then you are not.

Also, the air hurts my face. Why do I live in a place where the air hurts my face?

But the challenge is to be both smart and pretty, so I push his compliments away because I think believing them will mean that I have compromised.