Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to… — 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
I had always assumed we had an unspoken understanding about these things: that she didn't really mean I was a failure, and… — 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
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
She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books… — 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
![“She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. And if I didn't listen to her, she said my ear would bend too easily to other people, all saying words that had no lasting meaning, because they…” quote by Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c7f/amy-tan-730_bottom_she-my-mother-said-that-if-i-listened-to_1475479.jpg)
