wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do… — 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
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
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 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
“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
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
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
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
