" Weihsien was unfamiliar and overwhelming, but it also reminded me how big and varied the world was; that it wasn’t all white-skinned children, and starchy British teachers and Received Pronunciation, but a whole wonderful jumble of colors and shapes, languages and customs. It reminded me that I used to wonder about the world; that it used to excite me. "

― Hazel Gaynor , When We Were Young & Brave