“If you asked me how I felt when they told me I would marry Wen Fu, I can say only this: It… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how to be… — Amy Tan Childhood Copy Share Image
“I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or… — Amy Tan Feelings Copy Share Image
“A good government had to guide its people, sometimes gently, sometimes strictly, just as parents did. It could allow certain freedoms, but… — Amy Tan Freedom Copy Share Image
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a samll leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Bible Copy Share Image
“Americans don’t really look at one another when talking. They talk to their reflections. They look at others or themselves only when… — Amy Tan Americans Copy Share Image
I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's… — Amy Tan Coincidence Copy Share Image
That is the nature of endings, it seems. They never end. When all the missing pieces of your life are found, put… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash… — Amy Tan Cry Copy Share Image
“I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter’s tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me,… — Amy Tan Mother Copy Share Image
“I worried that Harold would someday get a new prescription for his glasses and he'd put them on one morning, look me… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
But later that day, the streets of Kweilin were strewn with newspapers reporting great Kuomintang victories, and on top of these papers,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and held… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what… — Amy Tan Mother Copy Share Image
“I wanted to capture what language ability tests could never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech… — Amy Tan Education Copy Share Image
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“If you don’t take a chance, someone else will give you his luck. And if you get bad luck, then you need… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing… — Amy Tan Despair Copy Share Image
