Ray: "In China, medicine is poison, and poison is medicine. Every medicine is 30% poisons. But the medicine won't poison you to death. We have a saying, 'Yǐ dú gōng dú.' Attack poison with poison."

Bridge: "I hate chopsticks. I'm so bad at using them. My parents always tell me I need to improve. But chopsticks are hard. I use spoons."

Ray: ''I died once. The day I was born. My grandmother put me on the back of a tractor. when my mother picked me up, my head was split open. She told me about it. The great day when I was born. The day when I was given the gift of life twice. I still have the scars."

Alison: "I love guys with accents. English, Australian, Irish... You know, I haven't really gotten into Asian accents. Yeah, I don't think that'll happen."

Casey: "I want to be a teacher."

"Really? You?"

"I know. I'm such an introvert. And I hate nothing more than speaking in front of people."

"So why do you want to put yourself through that?"

"I just really want to be able to open people’s eyes, their minds. Chinese teachers say, ‘Close your eyes, close your minds. Open your ears to listen to me.’ For once, I want students to close their ears. Open your eyes to what’s around you. Open your mind to different thinking and open your mind to your own thoughts!”