Every story has an address.
61 of 250 stories collected. Tap a dot to meet the person behind it.
Wu Yanni
“Past achievement doesn't lock you into a future you no longer want.”
Wu Di
“It's to help a kid become someone who's ready for whatever comes after that list stops mattering.”
Dr. Li Changyu
“But what makes a life worth solving for, in the end, isn't the cases closed or the honors received.”
Wu Qingyun
“I also believe self-respect is foundational to earning respect from others.”
Pam Yang
“I think there's real value in being honest about the trial and error underneath any fulfilling path — mine included.”
Hu Xiaotian
“I was trying to survive the days honestly, and to make sense of them on paper in whatever way I could.”
Dr. Chang C. Chen
“There's no opting out of that reality, only a choice between facing it prepared or facing it blind.”
Dr. Wang Yunren
“Exposure to a crisis at this scale gives you the insight and resilience no classroom can teach.”
Amy Chen
“And it is the dignity with which we allowed ourselves—and others—to say goodbye.”
Mei Jiangzhong
“A parent's responsibility is not to create a copy of himself.”
Li Lu
“You can carry grief and still allow yourself happiness.”
Xiao Shengxiong
“Cancer taught me something else: sometimes strength means admitting that you cannot carry everything yourself.”
Yue Hua
“All I could do was play each one as well as I knew how, and when it was time, learn to let it go.”
Master Shengyan
“A person can love deeply without trying to possess.”
Mary Chang
“Sometimes healing begins when we discover that we do not have to carry the pain alone.”
Lo Peishan
“The difference is that I have finally learned that I am one of the people I am responsible for caring for.”
Chen Kailun and Xu Shuyuan
“The opportunity lies in what the crisis forces us to see.”
Betty Ann Ong
“And her name deserves to be remembered.”
Zack Zeng
“Zack Zeng reached safety on September 11—and then chose to return because other people had not.”