Quotes by Adeline Yen Mah

About Adeline Yen Mah:

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.
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That’s exactly what I’ll do, I thought to myself. After dinner, I’m going to ask Big Brother to teach me how to read this map. With Aunt Baba still in Tianjin, there’s obviously nobody looking out for me. I’ll just have to find my own way.

Adeline Yen Mah

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

Adeline Yen Mah

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

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

Mother Teresa once said, "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the greatest poverty." To this I will add: Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.

Adeline Yen Mah

Author Bio

  • NameAdeline Yen Mah
  • DescriptionAuthor and physician
  • BornNovember 30, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Autobiographer