“I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents' wishes, but I would never forget myself.” — Amy Tan Parenting Copy Share Image
“It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. Read more at” — Amy Tan Books 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 Complexes Copy Share Image
“What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the table with her hand. You put something else on top, everything fall down.” — Amy Tan Mother Copy Share Image
When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Being a dominatrix gave me the ultimate power: to sing without self-consciousness.” — Amy Tan Dominatrix Copy Share Image
“Forget about love. You will receive that many times, but none of it is lasting.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“I wanted to capture what language ability tests could never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech… — Amy Tan Education Copy Share Image
“I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how to be… — Amy Tan Childhood Copy Share Image
And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash… — Amy Tan Cry Copy Share Image
“I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter’s tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me,… — Amy Tan Mother Copy Share Image
And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano… — Amy Tan Accusation Copy Share Image
How I saw in her my own true nature. What was beneath my skin. Inside my bones... Even though I was young,… — 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 Constant love Copy Share Image
“I asked myself, What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“This was such a big leap in logic, between what I said and what he said, that I thought we were like… — Amy Tan Los angeles Copy Share Image
I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sentence or two that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“The things one had to do in life sometimes had nothing to do with what was fun or convenient.” — Amy Tan Life Copy Share Image
I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away… — Amy Tan Feelings Copy Share Image
I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a… — Amy Tan Breathless Copy Share Image
Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“Accept love when it is offered, Violet. Return love and not suspicion. Then you'll receive more. - Loyalty Tang” — Amy Tan Love Copy Share Image
That is the nature of endings, it seems. They never end. When all the missing pieces of your life are found, put… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or… — Amy Tan Feelings Copy Share Image
“A good government had to guide its people, sometimes gently, sometimes strictly, just as parents did. It could allow certain freedoms, but… — Amy Tan Freedom Copy Share Image
“Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people's ideas, unable to stand on your own. [...] Too… — Amy Tan Water Copy Share Image
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You… — Amy Tan Art Copy Share Image
“Precious Auntie, what is our name? I always meant to claim it as my own. Come help me remember. I'm not a… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that… — Amy Tan Bible stories Copy Share Image
My sister Kwan believes she has yin eyes. She sees those who have died and now dwell in the world of Yin,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“There was never the right time for me to declare we should be together for the rest of our lives when you… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Dementia. Ruth puzzled over the diagnosis: How could such a beautiful-sounding word apply to such a destructive disease? It was a name… — Amy Tan Dementia Copy Share Image
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