Child Quote by Amy Tan

I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to…

— Amy Tan

Sick of living but scared to die! Tired of fighting but to scared to stop!

— Anonymous

I have always known a thing before it happens.

— Amy Tan

And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction.

— Amy Tan

Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.

— Amy Tan

My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for…

— Amy Tan

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

— Amy Tan

I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.

— Amy Tan

It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.

— Amy Tan

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the first day…

— Amy Tan

For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.

— Amy Tan

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.

— Amy Tan