“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
“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
“What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Mothers have the huge influence, and I feel like they're always teaching us from the day we're born what to be afraid… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a small leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“My mother knows how to hit a nerve. And the pain I feel is worse than any other kind of misery. Because… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines. — 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
Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the table with her hand. You put something else on top, everything fall down.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“In truth, this was a bad thing that Yan Chang had done, telling me my mother’s story. Secrets are kept from children,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the… — 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
My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents' promiise. This means nothing to you, because to you promises mean nothing... But… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you.… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a samll leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — 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
