--- title: "1 Amy Tan Quotes By Beth Revis" description: "1 Amy Tan quotes by Beth Revis. Plus more from Beth Revis and more Amy Tan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/beth-revis-2212_books_our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jan_2434028.jpg" --- > [“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahnuik and Douglas Adams and Amy Tan and Suzanne Collins and Chinua Achebe. Read. Read them all. Read the books you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jane-austen-and-griots-and/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/beth-revis-2212_books_our-masterpieces-are-shakespeare-and-jan_2434028.jpg) ## More by Beth Revis > [“She grips my elbow tighter, somehow finding the thinnest skin to dig her fingernails into. I want to pry her fingers from my arm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/she-grips-my-elbow-tighter-somehow-finding-the-thinnest-skin-to-dig/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“You always think that drowning is loud. In the movies, if someone drowns they scream, they churn water. Everyone notices a drowning person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/you-always-think-that-drowning-is-loud-in-the-movies-if-someone/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“There are countless reasons to be jealous. But that doesn’t mean you have to succumb to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/there-are-countless-reasons-to-be-jealous-but-that-doesn-t-mean-you/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“It Will be better to die quickly with only the taste of freedom on our lips than to live long lives pretending not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/it-will-be-better-to-die-quickly-with-only-the-taste-of-freedom-on/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“This is what I'm king of: a whirling mass of humans who either hate me or ignore me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/this-is-what-i-m-king-of-a-whirling-mass-of-humans-who-either-hate-me/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“People will survive anything for their children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/people-will-survive-anything-for-their-children/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“It's bad, being frozen, but it's better than waking up alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/it-s-bad-being-frozen-but-it-s-better-than-waking-up-alone/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“If we don't have that, what do we have to live for? Does it matter if it's a lie if it keeps us alive?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/if-we-don-t-have-that-what-do-we-have-to-live-for-does-it-matter-if/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“Everyone has wounds; everyone pretends they don’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/everyone-has-wounds-everyone-pretends-they-don-t/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“I want her so much that it overrides everything else, every other thought in my head, every instinct, every restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/i-want-her-so-much-that-it-overrides-everything-else-every-other/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“This is the secret of the stars. In the end, we are alone no matter how close you seem, no one else can touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/this-is-the-secret-of-the-stars-in-the-end-we-are-alone-no-matter-how/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“I click on the deaths and read the names carefully, memorising them. Because here’s the simple truth—if I hadn’t taken the ship off Phydus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/i-click-on-the-deaths-and-read-the-names-carefully-memorising-them/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“But...If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise. Let it end with hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/but-if-my-life-on-earth-must-end-let-it-end-with-a-promise-let-it-end/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/the-glitter-in-the-sky-looks-as-if-i-could-scoop-it-all-up-in-my/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) > [“Memories always kill nightmares.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/memories-always-kill-nightmares/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amy-tan/beth-revis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Amy Tan Quotes By Beth Revis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. 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