Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. — Amy Tan Argument Copy Share Image
I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the… — Amy Tan Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“But you can't stay in the dark for so long. Something inside of you starts to fade and you become like a… — Amy Tan Dark 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
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
“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 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
“All night long I worried, not about myself but about Jimmy. I imagined him looking for me, running through the park, looking… — Amy Tan Good man Copy Share Image
Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was… — Amy Tan Brother Copy Share Image
“Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to… — Amy Tan Doing what you love Copy Share Image
We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become… — 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
“I taught her how American circumstances work. If you are born poor here, it’s no lasting shame. You are first in line… — Amy Tan Bad luck Copy Share Image
So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love - that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.” — Amy Tan Nature Copy Share Image
Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever. — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person,… — Amy Tan Dark Copy Share Image
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