When I asked Sukey why the Hmong community accepted her so readily, she said, "The Hmong and I have a lot in common. I have an anarchist sub-personality. I don't like coercion. I also believe that the long way around is often the shortest way from point A to point B. And I am not very interested in what is generally called the truth. In my opinion, consensual reality is better than facts.

(Anne Fadiman "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down")