--- title: "20 Way Quotes By Amy Tan" description: "20 Way quotes by Amy Tan. Plus more from Amy Tan and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/amy-tan-730_complexes_i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-lif_2928395.jpg" --- > [I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-life-the-way-it-can-evoke-an/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/amy-tan-730_complexes_i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-lif_2928395.jpg) > [When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/when-you-lose-your-face-it-is-like-dropping-your-necklace-down-a-well/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/amy-tan-730_dropping_when-you-lose-your-face-it-is-like-dropp_375300.jpg) > [But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/but-i-will-win-and-give-her-my-spirit-because-this-is-the-way-a/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/amy-tan-730_children_but-i-will-win-and-give-her-my-spirit-be_2783389.jpg) > [It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/it-means-we-re-looking-one-way-while-following-another-we-re-for-one/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/amy-tan-730_different_it-means-we-re-looking-one-way-while-fol_1295950.jpg) > [But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. -Jing-mei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/but-she-never-looked-back-with-regret-there-were-so-many-ways-for/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/amy-tan-730_get-better_but-she-never-looked-back-with-regret-th_1151005.jpg) > [I felt like a rich vagabond who had passed through the world paving my way with gold fairy dust, then realizing too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-felt-like-a-rich-vagabond-who-had-passed-through-the-world-paving/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/amy-tan-730_dust_i-felt-like-a-rich-vagabond-who-had-pass_1971735.jpg) > [That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/that-is-the-way-it-is-with-a-wound-the-wound-begins-to-close-in-on/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/amy-tan-730_hurt_that-is-the-way-it-is-with-a-wound-the-w_2340208.jpg) > [I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-would-still-like-to-have-that-luxury-to-be-able-to-just-sit-and/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/amy-tan-730_able_i-would-still-like-to-have-that-luxury-t_396439.jpg) > [So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/so-much-of-history-is-mystery-we-don-t-know-what-is-lost-forever-what/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/amy-tan-730_art-of-life_so-much-of-history-is-mystery-we-don-t-k_916855.jpg) > [Then she told me why a tiger is gold and black. It has two ways. The gold side leaps with its fierce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/then-she-told-me-why-a-tiger-is-gold-and-black-it-has-two-ways-the/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/amy-tan-730_bad-man_then-she-told-me-why-a-tiger-is-gold-and_1335285.jpg) > [What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still be the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/what-is-true-about-a-person-would-i-change-in-the-same-way-the-river/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/amy-tan-730_color_what-is-true-about-a-person-would-i-chan_872822.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) > [Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/yet-some-of-my-friends-tell-me-they-understand-50-percent-of-what-my/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/amy-tan-730_chinese_yet-some-of-my-friends-tell-me-they-unde_1248614.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) > [And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/and-for-all-those-years-we-never-talked-about-the-disaster-at-the/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/amy-tan-730_accusation_and-for-all-those-years-we-never-talked_312555.jpg) > [So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/so-this-is-what-i-will-do-i-will-gather-together-my-past-and-look-i/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/amy-tan-730_black_so-this-is-what-i-will-do-i-will-gather_1061479.jpg) > [I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-was-raised-the-chinese-way-i-was-taught-to-desire-nothing-to/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/amy-tan-730_bitterness_i-was-raised-the-chinese-way-i-was-taugh_1498062.jpg) > [A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/a-girl-is-like-a-young-tree-she-said-you-must-stand-tall-and-listen/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/amy-tan-730_crooked_a-girl-is-like-a-young-tree-she-said-you_1083761.jpg) > [I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-did-not-lose-myself-all-at-once-i-rubbed-out-my-face-over-the-years/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/amy-tan-730_pain_i-did-not-lose-myself-all-at-once-i-rubb_2450510.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/amy-tan/#itemlist", "name": "20 Way Quotes By Amy Tan", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-life-the-way-it-can-evoke-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/amy-tan-730_complexes_i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-lif_2928395.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/amy-tan-730_complexes_i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-lif_2928395.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/amy-tan-730_complexes_i-am-fascinated-by-language-in-daily-lif_2928395.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea…” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. 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