Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“In truth, this was a bad thing that Yan Chang had done, telling me my mother’s story. Secrets are kept from children,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Thanks to my mother, I was raised to have a morbid imagination. When I was a child, she often talked about death… — 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
