“any legend is not worth making up if it does not include a murder or two.” — Amy Tan Legend Copy Share Image
Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Can you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear? — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“This is beauty...and you are beauty, and love is beauty and we are beauty. We are divine, unchanged by time.” — Amy Tan Beauty Copy Share Image
I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with. — Amy Tan Arrogance Copy Share Image
“But how can anyone truly understand another’s suffering unless he has felt the wound being made and the moment trust died?” — Amy Tan Suffering Copy Share Image
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“In two years' time, my scar became pale and shinny and I had no memory of my mother. That is the way… — Amy Tan Healing Copy Share Image
“The moment is altered as soon as I try to capture it, so for me, it’s impossible.” How true, I thought. Moments… — Amy Tan Moment Copy Share Image
I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become… — Amy Tan Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not… — Amy Tan Change the world Copy Share Image
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction… — Amy Tan Aliens Copy Share Image
“In truth, this was a bad thing that Yan Chang had done, telling me my mother’s story. Secrets are kept from children,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents' promiise. This means nothing to you, because to you promises mean nothing... But… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“I was greedy, she warned, and could not fill my heart with enough pleasure, my stomach with enough contentment, my body with… — Amy Tan Curse Copy Share Image
Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it,… — Amy Tan Beach Copy Share Image
My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“When you are told, "It was meant to be," ask, "Who meant it? What does it really mean?" Is someone trying to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“This is how a daughter honors her mother. It is shou so deep it is in your bones. The pain of the… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“This was such a big leap in logic, between what I said and what he said, that I thought we were like… — Amy Tan Los angeles Copy Share Image
“I asked myself, What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations." - Two Kinds — Amy Tan Expectations Copy Share Image
Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much… — Amy Tan Children Copy Share Image
“He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.” — Amy tan Beautiful Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always… — Amy Tan Being successful Copy Share Image
