I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place. — Amy Tan First place Copy Share Image
I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else’s joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow… — Amy Tan Grief Copy Share Image
“Being able to restrain my emotions isn’t a great victory—it’s the pitiful proof of lost love.” — Amy Tan Emotions Copy Share Image
You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. — Amy Tan Change Copy Share Image
I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen." — Amy Tan Art Copy Share Image
I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours.… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I… — Amy Tan Body Copy Share Image
...we were like two people standing apart on separate mountain peaks, recklessly leaning forward to throw stones at one another, unaware of… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Maybe all Americans who suffer from melancholy act as if they have gone mad. But I truly thought he might throw himself… — Amy Tan Madness Copy Share Image
I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable. I was strong. I was pure. I… — Amy Tan Beautiful Copy Share Image
“...and it's ridiculous that anyone would praise a child for standing with arms spread out on a wooden cross, as if she… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“The moment is altered as soon as I try to capture it, so for me, it’s impossible.” How true, I thought. Moments… — Amy Tan Moment Copy Share Image
I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become… — Amy Tan Aesthetic Copy Share Image
“When you are told, "It was meant to be," ask, "Who meant it? What does it really mean?" Is someone trying to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the… — 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 Curse Copy Share Image
“This is how a daughter honors her mother. It is shou so deep it is in your bones. The pain of the… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“And then I see my mother sitting by the open window, her dark silhouette against the night sky. She turns around in… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful… — Amy Tan America Copy Share Image
She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
![“She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. And if I didn't listen to her, she said my ear would bend too easily to other people, all saying words that had no lasting meaning, because they…” quote by Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c7f/amy-tan-730_bottom_she-my-mother-said-that-if-i-listened-to_1475479.jpg)
