Writing fiction Quotes 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…

— Amy Tan

Too many good things all seem the same after a while.

— Amy Tan

“bad, how likely is it to come”

— Amy Tan

“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Amy Tan

You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.

— 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…

— Amy Tan

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

— Amy Tan

“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -”

— Amy Tan

After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?

— 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…

— Amy Tan