All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Anyone can have original style,” he countered. “And yet no one truly does. We’re influenced by those who came before us, beginning… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“It was our fate and our natures, flawed and wounded, that brought us together - Violet Minturn” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I do not consider myself a religious person, because I don't adhere to a particular religion or faith or prescribed beliefs, as… — Amy Tan 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
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
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
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
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
