Amy Tan quotes - page 6

The life we receive is not always what we choose. (Amy Tan)
Hardships can harden even the best person. View quote
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If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry. View quote
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Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden. View quote
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Then she told me why a tiger is gold and black. It has two ways. The gold side leaps with its fierce heart. The black side stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between the trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come. I did not learn to use my black side until after the bad man left me. View quote
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All objects exist in a moment of time. View quote
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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. View quote
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Dementia was like a truth serum. View quote
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Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! View quote
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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. View quote
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With hope, a mind is always free. (Amy Tan)
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 house and thought, soon I will no longer have to see these walls and all the unhappiness they keep inside. View quote
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Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. View quote
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Whenever my mother talks to me, she begins the conversation as if we were already in the middle of an argument. View quote
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I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not, I know the intention was there. Becasue when I want something to happen-or not happen- I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. View quote
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To save myself, I destroyed another, and in doing so, I destroyed myself. View quote
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Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with. View quote
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I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there. View quote
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Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls. View quote
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Fate changes when you change your clothes. View quote
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People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind. (Amy Tan)
Yet part of me also thinks the whole idea makes perfect sense. The three of us, leaving our differences behind, stepping on the plane together, sitting side by side, lifting off, moving West to reach the East. View quote
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Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I knew she could see me and what she had finally done. So i shut her eyes with my fingers and told her with my heart: I cah see the truth, too. I am strong, too. View quote
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I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness in a place I didn't know was there. I cursed this man aloud so he could hear. You had dog eyes. You jumped and followed whoever called you. Now you chase your own tail. View quote
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And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song. View quote
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