“And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the different ways we leave people… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in… — 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
My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the… — 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 Copy Share Image
No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional… — 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
