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Story Quotes by Amy Tan
- We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the place where I…
- Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.
- 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…
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