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Amy Tan Quotes

Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might Picture Quote #1

But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. -Jing-mei Picture Quote #1

You have to be your own person. You can’t let people’s opinions determine how you think about yourself. There’s a difference between identity and self-identity Picture Quote #1

Whenever I’m with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don’t know why something that made me so happy then feels so sad now. Maybe that is the way it is with the best memories Picture Quote #1

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People talk about this ‘bucket list’: ‘I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.’ Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Don’t think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused Picture Quote #1

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs Picture Quote #1

It felt like all the truth got whitewashed with fake happiness, she said, only it was not happy and it was worse than fake. It was dangerous Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I’d like to be more forgiving. There are times when I’ve had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me Picture Quote #1

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what’s comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate Picture Quote #1

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me Picture Quote #1

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden Picture Quote #1

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Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking Picture Quote #1

I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received Picture Quote #1

That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets Picture Quote #1

To save myself, I destroyed another, and in doing so, I destroyed myself Picture Quote #1

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success Picture Quote #1

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression Picture Quote #1

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might. (Amy Tan Quotes) But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. -Jing-mei (Amy Tan Quotes) You have to be your own person. You can’t let people’s opinions determine how you think about yourself. There’s a difference between identity and self-identity. (Amy Tan Quotes) Whenever I’m with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines. (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don’t know why something that made me so happy then feels so sad now. Maybe that is the way it is with the best memories. (Amy Tan Quotes) People talk about this ‘bucket list’: ‘I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.’ Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can. (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) Don’t think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused. (Amy Tan Quotes) I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs. (Amy Tan Quotes) It felt like all the truth got whitewashed with fake happiness, she said, only it was not happy and it was worse than fake. It was dangerous (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) I’d like to be more forgiving. There are times when I’ve had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me. (Amy Tan Quotes) I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what’s comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes. (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate (Amy Tan Quotes) My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me (Amy Tan Quotes) Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden (Amy Tan Quotes) Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking (Amy Tan Quotes) I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received (Amy Tan Quotes) That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets (Amy Tan Quotes) To save myself, I destroyed another, and in doing so, I destroyed myself (Amy Tan Quotes) No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success (Amy Tan Quotes) I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression (Amy Tan Quotes) I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from (Amy Tan Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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