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Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: So sad! This is the saddest part when

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that's like saying you can never change your fate. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I am an American, steeped in American values.

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: We are lost, she and I, unseen and

We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: All of us are like stairs, one step

All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: This is beauty ... and you are beauty,

This is beauty ... and you are beauty, and love is beauty and we are beauty. We are divine, unchanged by time. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Suffer more now, suffer less later.

Suffer more now, suffer less later. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: But I don't have anything left inside of

But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: There are a lot of people who think

There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire

Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: When you already believe something, how can you

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: You can't stay in the dark for too

You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: If you can't change your fate, change your

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I wanted my children to have the best

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Since I'm not dead yet I can talk

Since I'm not dead yet I can talk back. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: For unlike my mother, I did not believe

For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she

I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she is not proud of me. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: bad, how likely is it to come

bad, how likely is it to come — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: The Doppler Effect of Communication": There is always

The Doppler Effect of Communication": There is always distortion between what a speaker says and what a listener wants it to mean. "The — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: My mother didn't teach me lessons about being

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: But I was no longer sacared. I could

But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I read a book a day when I

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love?

Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I love and am loved, fully and freely,

I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I can never remember things I didn't understand

I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: You should think about your character. Know where

You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: But my father's faith, as I said, was

But my father's faith, as I said, was absolute. Through God's prayer he could be granted exactly what he wanted. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Chaos is the penance for leisure.

Chaos is the penance for leisure. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I think books were my salvation, they saved

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: In [writing] fiction, every sentence is its own

In [writing] fiction, every sentence is its own reward. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: If someone offers to take your burden, you

If someone offers to take your burden, you need to know he is serious, not just being polite and kind. Polite and kind do not last. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: With hope, a mind is always free.

With hope, a mind is always free. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: My mother would say it is literally ghost

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions

I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I won't be what I'm not.-Jing-mei

I won't be what I'm not.
-Jing-mei — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: The only thing certain in times of great

The only thing certain in times of great uncertainty is that people will behave with great strength or weakness, and with very little else in between. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Lies spread faster than you can catch them.

Lies spread faster than you can catch them. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Your life is what you see in front

Your life is what you see in front of you.
-An-mei — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: It was a distorted form of inverse logic:

It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: It means we're looking one way, while following

It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say, but our intentions are different. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the

What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the table with her hand. You put something else on top, everything fall down. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Fate once made you American. Fate took it

Fate once made you American. Fate took it away. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I started a second novel seven times and

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: In the years that followed, I failed her

In the years that followed, I failed her so many times, each time asserting my own will, my right to fall short of expectations. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: It is because I had so much joy

It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart:

He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: All these years I kept my true nature

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me.
-Ying Ying — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Among writers, if you don't have a therapist,

Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also

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. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: We translated each other's meanings and I seemed

We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: My mother said I was a clingy kid

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: When you lose your face ... , it

When you lose your face ... , it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: he kissed me with earnestness, banging his lips

he kissed me with earnestness, banging his lips against my teeth and covering me with saliva from nose to chin. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Could you wrap your arms around me to

Could you wrap your arms around me to keep me warm? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: glowered, and she returned

glowered, and she returned — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I resented the easy supposition of all's well

I resented the easy supposition of all's well that ends well. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: But how can anyone truly understand another's suffering

But how can anyone truly understand another's suffering unless he has felt the wound being made and the moment trust died? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: We listened patiently to Lester, words skittering out

We listened patiently to Lester, words skittering out of his mouth like cartoon dogs on fresh-waxed linoleum, frantically going nowhere. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Japanese chase-away juice." And

Japanese chase-away juice." And — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I hope you don't suffer forever from keeping

I hope you don't suffer forever from keeping love from your heart — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Can you imagine how it is, to want

Can you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Chance is the first step you take, luck

Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: this book. I will try to repay all

this book. I will try to repay all of you with sustenance — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Language is the tool of my trade -and

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: And I'd let him- not because I weakened

And I'd let him- not because I weakened and wanted sex, but because it would have been spiteful, beyond redemption, not to allow us this hope. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I hated the tests the raised hopes and

I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations. - Two Kinds — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: It was sad and beautiful knowledge that a

It was sad and beautiful knowledge that a person cannot be found elsewhere but in his own spirit. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Those who don't heed the warnings don't live

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: For woman is yin, the darkness within, where

For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Later they will remember those moments with you.

Later they will remember those moments with you. But they are not memories of you, but the feeling they were immortal because you made them gods. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I'm not saying fate happens without blame. but

I'm not saying fate happens without blame. but when fate turns out well, everyone should forget the bad road that got us here. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: How can you blame a person for his

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: You must think for yourself, what you must

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying.
-An-mei — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I ask myself, How can I relax? How

I ask myself, How can I relax? How can I let go of everything that's happened? You need complete trust to do that. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Those were the reasons we both knew how

Those were the reasons we both knew how deep love was, the shared pain that would outlast any pain we caused each other. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Too much happiness always overflowed into tears of

Too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I think we often write because we feel

I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away feeling a little less lonely. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I would still like to have that luxury,

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I did not lose myself all at once.

I did not lose myself all at once. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves

Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that's like saying you can never change your fate. Isn't that true? — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: A moment is not the same as time.

A moment is not the same as time. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I had discarded pride, that useless burden of

I had discarded pride, that useless burden of self-importance I had carried around like my portable vanity with its broken mirror. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: The forbidden things were a great influence on

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I thought I was clever enough to write

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: We were all afraid. We all had our

We were all afraid. We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: The things one had to do in life

The things one had to do in life sometimes had nothing to do with what was fun or convenient. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Your only shame is to have shame.

Your only shame is to have shame. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Believe me, daughter, there is nothing worse than

Believe me, daughter, there is nothing worse than having your own family member out for revenge. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Writing what you wished was the most dangerous

Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I want us to love each other so

I want us to love each other so deeply we ache with the fullness of it. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: My writing often contains souvenirs of the day

My writing often contains souvenirs of the day - a song I heard, a bird I saw - which I then put into the novel. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: Your tears do not wash away your sorrows.

Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: What is a secret wish?" "It is what

What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I was intelligent enough to make up my

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: A mother is always the beggining. She is

A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: You can have pride in what you do

You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person. — Amy Tan

Amy Tan Quotes By Amy Tan: And after I played them both a few

And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song. — Amy Tan