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Life Quotes by Amy Tan
- I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
- I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up…
- How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to…
- That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a…
- People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life.…
- The life we receive is not always what we choose.
- God, life changes faster than you think.
- It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
- The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.
- Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You are choosing what…
- When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the…
- Your life is what you see in front of you. -An-mei
- I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents' promiise. This means nothing to you, because to you promises mean nothing... But later, she will…
- But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning. And I…
- Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the…
- There's no hope. There's no reason to keep trying. Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. This is your…
- Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his…
- Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world…
- If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no worries, fears, or…
- wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do not reflect anything.…
- I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It is smooth, pungent,…
- That is the nature of endings, it seems. They never end. When all the missing pieces of your life are found, put together with glue…
- So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time.…
- If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle