He felt as if he has heard similar stories before. The wimp at school had grown to become stronger than the bully. And by some devious twist of fate, he would pop back into your life years later and take his revenge in the most unimaginable ways, and make sure that you suffer as much, or more, than he ever did before.

— Vann Chow

I am a loser in my own plot, but I might be the hero in someone else's plot.

— Vann Chow

I barely took a moment to appreciate nature. Come to think of it, the only time I did it was when I was so upset I wanted to commit suicide in the Huang Pu river.

— Vann Chow

If this constant bitter disappointment was love, then I was perfectly fine not to have anything to do with it.

— Vann Chow

If you never persisted, you will never succeed.

— Vann Chow

I love America for its bourgeois comfort. If I was as heavily in debt as they are, I wouldn't be drinking tea or coffee anywhere. I would be sipping tap water from an old bottle and serving others tea or coffee in a café somewhere.

— Vann Chow

It was lonely to be so perfect in all respects.

— Vann Chow

Life is not only consisted of "yes" and "no", but a lot of "yes and's" and "no but's".

— Vann Chow

Minding his own business had been his motto living in a strange foreign country with a world-recognized social issue of failing morals.

— Vann Chow

Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.

— Vann Chow