“Those were the reasons we both knew how deep love was, the shared pain that would outlast any pain we caused each… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Being able to restrain my emotions isn’t a great victory—it’s the pitiful proof of lost love.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“What are ghosts if not the hope that love continues beyond our ordinary senses? If ghosts are a delusion, then let me… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“This is beauty...and you are beauty, and love is beauty and we are beauty. We are divine, unchanged by time.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Accept love when it is offered, Violet. Return love and not suspicion. Then you'll receive more. - Loyalty Tang” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Forget about love. You will receive that many times, but none of it is lasting.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“But it was the love of a ghost. Arms that encircled but did not touch. A bowl full of rice but without… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Auntie An-mei had cried before she left for China, thinking she would make her brother very rich and happy by communist standards.… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the soul. And the soul… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Was there ever a great true love? Anyone who became the object of my obsession and not simply my affections?...I could not… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I was greedy, she warned, and could not fill my heart with enough pleasure, my stomach with enough contentment, my body with… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“. . .the world is not a place but the vastness of the soul. And the soul is nothing more than love,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Teddy once told me that it's natural that we feel alone, and that's because our hearts are different from others and we… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Even when I worked in that world, I still wanted love so strong that the man would have no interest in another… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Can I tell my daughter that I loved her father? This was the man who rubbed my feet at night. He praised… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Was there ever a true great love? Anyone who became the object of my obsession and not simply my affections? I honestly… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“What should we do?", I asked, and I had a pained feeling I thought was the beginning of love. In those early… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“...I owed her a debt of gratitude. More than gratitude, much more. I could finally see what had always been there. She… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Teddy once told me that it’s natural that we feel alone, and that’s because our hearts are different from others and we… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the… — Amy Tan Copy Share
Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of… — Amy Tan Copy Share
But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And… — Amy Tan Copy Share
You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. — Amy Tan Copy Share
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your… — Amy Tan Copy Share
We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become different in… — Amy Tan Copy Share
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still… — Amy Tan Copy Share
“I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she… — Amy Tan Copy Share
