“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
Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much… — Amy Tan 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 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 Copy Share Image
Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling. — Amy Tan 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 Copy Share Image
“It’s my fault she is this way. I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How… — 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 Copy Share Image
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in… — Amy Tan 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 Copy Share Image
“When Jesus was born, he was already the son of God. I was the daughter of someone who ran away, a big… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
But later that day, the streets of Kweilin were strewn with newspapers reporting great Kuomintang victories, and on top of these papers,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I still don't know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Thanks to my mother, I was raised to have a morbid imagination. When I was a child, she often talked about death… — Amy Tan 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
But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying — Amy Tan 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 Copy Share Image
“And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“When my daughter looks at me, she sees a small old lady. That is because she sees only with her outside eyes.… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I love my daughter. She and I have shared my body. There is a part of her mind that is a part… — Amy Tan 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
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
“Can I tell my daughter that I loved her father? This was the man who rubbed my feet at night. He praised… — Amy Tan 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 this the… — Amy Tan 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 part of… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And… — Amy Tan 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 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 away your… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember? — Amy Tan 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 different in… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
