--- title: "18 Want Quotes By Amy Tan" description: "18 Want quotes by Amy Tan. Plus more from Amy Tan and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/amy-tan-730_secret_what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-wan_1276124.jpg" --- > [What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-want-but-cannot-ask/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/amy-tan-730_secret_what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-wan_1276124.jpg) > [Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/why-do-you-have-to-use-me-to-show-off-if-you-want-to-show-off-then/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/amy-tan-730_chess_why-do-you-have-to-use-me-to-show-off-if_2840959.jpg) > [Can you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/can-you-imagine-how-it-is-to-want-to-be-neither-inside-nor-outside-to/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/amy-tan-730_disappear_can-you-imagine-how-it-is-to-want-to-be_566428.jpg) > [It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/it-was-a-distorted-form-of-inverse-logic-if-hopes-never-come-true/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/amy-tan-730_form_it-was-a-distorted-form-of-inverse-logic_2125318.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) > [A psychiatrist does not want you to wake up. He tells you to dream some more, to find the pond and pour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/a-psychiatrist-does-not-want-you-to-wake-up-he-tells-you-to-dream/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/amy-tan-730_bird_a-psychiatrist-does-not-want-you-to-wake_778862.jpg) > [He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/he-asked-if-he-could-recite-a-poem-he-had-written-that-morning-you/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/amy-tan-730_brilliant_he-asked-if-he-could-recite-a-poem-he-ha_2402802.jpg) > [Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/sure-i-loved-him-too-much-and-he-loved-me-only-not-enough-i-just-want/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/amy-tan-730_accepting_sure-i-loved-him-too-much-and-he-loved-m_1961058.jpg) > [But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/but-i-don-t-have-anything-left-inside-of-me-to-figure-out-where-i-fit/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/amy-tan-730_figures_but-i-don-t-have-anything-left-inside-of_2499933.jpg) > [My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/my-favorite-anything-is-always-relative-to-the-context-of-present/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/amy-tan-730_book_my-favorite-anything-is-always-relative_2451402.jpg) > [Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/only-you-pick-that-crab-nobody-else-take-it-i-already-know-this/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/amy-tan-730_crabs_only-you-pick-that-crab-nobody-else-take_924985.jpg) > [She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/she-said-i-m-by-commission-you-don-t-have-to-pay-anything-until-you/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/amy-tan-730_agent_she-said-i-m-by-commission-you-don-t-hav_1058714.jpg) > [I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sentence or two that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-m-open-to-reading-almost-anything-fiction-nonfiction-as-long-as-i/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/amy-tan-730_almost_i-m-open-to-reading-almost-anything-fict_790433.jpg) > [I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-let-one-thing-result-from-another-of-course-all-of-it-could-have/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/amy-tan-730_coincidence_i-let-one-thing-result-from-another-of-c_2414077.jpg) > [Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/isn-t-that-how-it-is-when-you-must-decide-with-your-heart-you-are-not/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/amy-tan-730_consequence_isn-t-that-how-it-is-when-you-must-decid_1473201.jpg) > [External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/external-success-has-to-do-with-people-who-may-see-me-as-a-model-or/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/amy-tan-730_different_external-success-has-to-do-with-people-w_1493668.jpg) > [My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/my-mother-imparted-her-daily-truths-so-she-could-help-my-older/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/amy-tan-730_alleys_my-mother-imparted-her-daily-truths-so-s_922160.jpg) > [Clichés are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/clich-s-are-static-the-emotion-behind-them-long-spent-if-you-are/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/amy-tan-730_air_clich-s-are-static-the-emotion-behind-th_329407.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/amy-tan/#itemlist", "name": "18 Want Quotes By Amy Tan", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is a secret wish?\" \"It is what you want but cannot ask.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-want-but-cannot-ask/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/amy-tan-730_secret_what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-wan_1276124.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/amy-tan-730_secret_what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-wan_1276124.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/amy-tan-730_secret_what-is-a-secret-wish-it-is-what-you-wan_1276124.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is a secret wish?\" \"It is what you want but cannot ask.” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why do you have to use me to show off? 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