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Amy Tan quotes

American Novelist February 19, 1952

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Amy Tan quote: "It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success."
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling..."
Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along..."
All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me.-Ying Ying Amy Tan
We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour. Amy Tan
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power. Amy Tan
You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. Amy Tan
My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose..."
Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get..."
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "People there only dream that it is China, because if you are..."
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
Amy Tan quote: "Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who..."
Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Amy Tan
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. Amy Tan
My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didn't always know how to be the nurturing mother that we all expect we should have. 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. Amy Tan
You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable. Amy Tan

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