" It was the same feeling I had when I first got to Britain. How many times could one restart a life?
“I read that in China, people will transplant large number of trees and bring them to the newly developed cities. Chinese people seem to be very adaptable, like the trees.” You were trying to comfort me.
“Yes, but once the trees grew older, you can’t transplant them again. The roots are too embedded into the ground. "

― Xiaolu Guo , A Lover's Discourse