--- title: "13 Remember Quotes By Amy Tan" description: "13 Remember quotes by Amy Tan. Plus more from Amy Tan and more Remember sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/amy-tan-730_past_after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past_96474.jpg" --- > [After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/amy-tan-730_past_after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past_96474.jpg) > [“What is the past but what we choose to remember?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-remember/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/amy-tan-730_memory_what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-r_1137936.jpg) > [You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/you-remember-only-what-you-want-to-remember-you-know-only-what-your/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/amy-tan-730_heart_you-remember-only-what-you-want-to-remem_2870738.jpg) > [I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-can-never-remember-things-i-didn-t-understand-in-the-first-place/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/amy-tan-730_first-place_i-can-never-remember-things-i-didn-t-und_2365674.jpg) > [“I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents' wishes, but I would never forget myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-made-a-promise-to-myself-i-would-always-remember-my-parents-wishes/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/amy-tan-730_parenting_i-made-a-promise-to-myself-i-would-alway_2197723.jpg) > [My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/my-mother-said-i-was-a-clingy-kid-until-i-was-about-four-i-also/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/amy-tan-730_age_my-mother-said-i-was-a-clingy-kid-until_1398774.jpg) > [And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/and-i-remember-wondering-why-it-was-that-eating-something-good-could/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/amy-tan-730_eating_and-i-remember-wondering-why-it-was-that_3171254.jpg) > [When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/when-i-go-back-and-read-my-journals-or-fiction-i-am-always-surprised/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/amy-tan-730_always_when-i-go-back-and-read-my-journals-or-f_130460.jpg) > [Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/because-sometimes-that-is-the-only-way-to-remember-what-is-in-your/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/amy-tan-730_bones_because-sometimes-that-is-the-only-way-t_941111.jpg) > [And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/and-now-i-have-to-stop-because-every-time-i-remember-this-i-have-to/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/amy-tan-730_best-memories_and-now-i-have-to-stop-because-every-tim_2745834.jpg) > [I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-world-is-not-a-place-but-the-2/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/amy-tan-730_endless_i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-wor_2990912.jpg) > [How I saw in her my own true nature. What was beneath my skin. Inside my bones... Even though I was young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/how-i-saw-in-her-my-own-true-nature-what-was-beneath-my-skin-inside/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/amy-tan-730_bones_how-i-saw-in-her-my-own-true-nature-what_2249313.jpg) > [But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/but-now-that-i-am-old-moving-every-year-closer-to-the-end-of-my-life/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/amy-tan-730_ends_but-now-that-i-am-old-moving-every-year_41212.jpg) ## Other authors on Remember ## More by Amy Tan > [So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/so-sad-this-is-the-saddest-part-when-you-lose-someone-you-love-that/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [Too many good things all seem the same after a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/too-many-good-things-all-seem-the-same-after-a-while/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [“bad, how likely is it to come”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/bad-how-likely-is-it-to-come/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/a-mother-is-always-the-beginning-she-is-how-things-begin/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/shanghainese-people-are-good-negotiators-they-re-very-persistent-and/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/but-now-that-i-am-old-moving-every-year-closer-to-the-end-of-my-life/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/you-should-think-about-your-character-know-where-you-are-changing-how/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/now-you-see-said-the-turtle-drifting-back-into-the-pond-why-it-is/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-hid-my-deepest-feelings-so-well-i-forgot-where-i-placed-them/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/lebih-baik-jadi-orang-yang-tidak-terlupakan-daripada-orang-yang/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [We all become different readers in how we respond to books, why we need them, what we take from them. We become different in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/we-all-become-different-readers-in-how-we-respond-to-books-why-we/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [“I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-was-no-longer-scared-i-could-see-what-was-inside-me/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/when-i-go-back-and-read-my-journals-or-fiction-i-am-always-surprised/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) > [“I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-am-ashamed-she-is-ashamed-because-she-is-my-daughter-and-i-am-proud/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remember/amy-tan/#itemlist", "name": "13 Remember Quotes By Amy Tan", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/amy-tan-730_past_after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past_96474.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/amy-tan-730_past_after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past_96474.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/amy-tan-730_past_after-all-bao-bomu-says-what-is-the-past_96474.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is the past but what we choose to remember?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-remember/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/amy-tan-730_memory_what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-r_1137936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/amy-tan-730_memory_what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-r_1137936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/amy-tan-730_memory_what-is-the-past-but-what-we-choose-to-r_1137936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is the past but what we choose to remember?” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You remember only what you want to remember. 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If we remember, we can find them anytime with our hundred secret senses.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-world-is-not-a-place-but-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/amy-tan-730_endless_i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-wor_2990912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/amy-tan-730_endless_i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-wor_2990912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/amy-tan-730_endless_i-think-kwan-intended-to-show-me-the-wor_2990912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. 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