"Now they seemed to be in a contest……" — Amy Tan

"Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls"

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202 Quotes by Amy Tan

Amy Tan has 202 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Memory feeds imagination.
A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin.
Hope is the adrenalin of the soul.
I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T…
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a…
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over,…
I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex…
Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus.…
My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how…
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to…
Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.

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More Contest Quotes

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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. — Rowan Atkinson
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. — Benazir Bhutto
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved… — Tammy Bruce
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient… — Steven Brust
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of… — William Jennings Bryan
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up… — Lord Byron
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we… — Tommy Chong
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. — Eric Clapton
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger

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