You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know. — 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
And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents' wishes, but I would never forget myself.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don't… — 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
I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but… — 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
But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still… — Amy Tan Copy Share
“I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she… — Amy Tan Copy Share
