I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child... — Amy Tan Child Copy Share Image
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. — Amy Tan Conformity Copy Share Image
“Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else’s joy.” — Amy Tan Grief Copy Share Image
“Lebih baik jadi orang yang TIDAK TERLUPAKAN daripada orang yang MEMBOSANKAN -” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. — Amy Tan Argument Copy Share Image
I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know. — Amy Tan Heart Copy Share Image
I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person,… — Amy Tan Dark Copy Share Image
“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.” — Amy Tan Nature Copy Share Image
Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art.… — Amy Tan Art Copy Share Image
“And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
I always thought it mattered, to know what is the worst possible thing that can happen to you, to know how you… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I saw a girl complaining that the pain of not being seen was unbearable... Now I have perfect understanding. I have already… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Our world is full of temporary promises and guile. It is necessarily so. We are not evil people, this is just how… — Amy Tan Evil people Copy Share Image
“as to our hopes, our dreams, our secret desires, we couldn't talk about those. They were to vague, too frightening, too important.… — Amy Tan Desires Copy Share Image
Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I was the daughter of my father's wife. I spoke in a trembly voice. I became pale, ill, and more thin. I… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“...As she grew older, she was aware of her changing position on mortality. In her youth, the topic of death was philosophical;… — Amy Tan Aging gracefully Copy Share Image
She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness.… — Amy Tan Bitterness Copy Share Image
“And my eyes, my mother gave me my eyes, no eyelids, as if they were carved on a jack-o'-lantern with two swift… — Amy Tan Eyes Copy Share Image
“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a small leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Bible Copy Share Image
External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“It's not that we had no heart or eyes for pain. We were all afraid. We all had our miseries. But to… — Amy Tan Hope Copy Share Image
