“In a crowd of Caucasians, two Chinese people are already like family.” — Amy Tan Chinese people Copy Share Image
It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. — Amy Tan Life Copy Share Image
I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them. — Amy Tan Deepest feelings 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… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books… — Amy Tan Book 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 Caves Copy Share Image
“It was our fate and our natures, flawed and wounded, that brought us together - Violet Minturn” — Amy Tan Destiny Copy Share Image
Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit. — Amy Tan Spirit Copy Share Image
I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same… — Amy Tan Pain Copy Share Image
Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind -- poom! -- North will… — 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 Appetite Copy Share Image
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“In two years' time, my scar became pale and shinny and I had no memory of my mother. That is the way… — Amy Tan Healing Copy Share Image
Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“as to our hopes, our dreams, our secret desires, we couldn't talk about those. They were to vague, too frightening, too important.… — Amy Tan Desires Copy Share Image
“I'm not consciously hiding anything.' After Ruth said that she wondered whether it was true. Then again, who revealed everything - the… — Amy Tan Fear 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 Charity Copy Share Image
I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was… — Amy Tan Grateful Copy Share Image
“I thought about things, the pros and cons. But in the end I would be so confused, because I never believed there… — 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
“...As she grew older, she was aware of her changing position on mortality. In her youth, the topic of death was philosophical;… — Amy Tan Aging gracefully Copy Share Image
“I was the daughter of my father's wife. I spoke in a trembly voice. I became pale, ill, and more thin. I… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness.… — Amy Tan Bitterness 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
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a small leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Bible Copy Share Image
External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child... — Amy Tan Child Copy Share Image
