White Ivy

by Susie Yang

self-reliance and opportunism.

“Remember this, Baobao: when winds of change blow, some build walls. Others build windmills.”

Be humble and grateful for what you have. Don’t expect too much from life. If you go looking, you’ll always find people who are better than you.”

The best is yet to come.

His deference, his courtesy, his decorum—traits she’d once loved about him—now stood in the way of her getting closer to him.

Meaning comes from the importance we attach to the small things. If there are no standards, then there’s no culture or—even society!”

His eyes were dark and stormy and honest—the only honest thing around her!

They just want you to clap, monkey, clap.”

yet Gideon saw Tom for who he was, and still he chose to defend him. Was that love?

‘Husband and wife are like birds in the woods, when trouble comes, they flee separately.’ ”

Lives are like rivers. Eventually they go where they must, not where we want them to go.”