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Amy Tan Quotes

Fate changes when you change your clothes Picture Quote #1

The life we receive is not always what we choose Picture Quote #1

Look at this face. Do you see my foolish hope? Picture Quote #1

Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies Picture Quote #1

I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate Picture Quote #1

Can you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear Picture Quote #1

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A’s from the time I was in kindergarten Picture Quote #1

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. For the first time in her life, she’s happy Picture Quote #1

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye Picture Quote #1

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother’s case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. and because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow Picture Quote #1

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I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix? Picture Quote #1

I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you Picture Quote #1

I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author’s sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand but not in the left Picture Quote #1

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei Picture Quote #1

And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose Picture Quote #1

If she doesn’t speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn’t try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei Picture Quote #1

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Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Picture Quote #1

Yesterday my daughter said to me, ‘My marriage is falling apart.’ And now all she can do is watch it falling Picture Quote #1

Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different Picture Quote #1

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood Picture Quote #1

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind -- poom! -- North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen Picture Quote #1

At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn’t know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture Picture Quote #1

Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Fate changes when you change your clothes (Amy Tan Quotes) The life we receive is not always what we choose (Amy Tan Quotes) Look at this face. Do you see my foolish hope? (Amy Tan Quotes) Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies (Amy Tan Quotes) I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate (Amy Tan Quotes) Can you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear (Amy Tan Quotes) My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A’s from the time I was in kindergarten (Amy Tan Quotes) 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. For the first time in her life, she’s happy (Amy Tan Quotes) The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye (Amy Tan Quotes) On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother’s case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. and because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you (Amy Tan Quotes) I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author’s sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand but not in the left (Amy Tan Quotes) You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei (Amy Tan Quotes) And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose (Amy Tan Quotes) If she doesn’t speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn’t try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei (Amy Tan Quotes) Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! (Amy Tan Quotes) Yesterday my daughter said to me, ‘My marriage is falling apart.’ And now all she can do is watch it falling (Amy Tan Quotes) Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different (Amy Tan Quotes) And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood (Amy Tan Quotes) Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind -- poom! -- North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen (Amy Tan Quotes) At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn’t know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her. (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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