“ Even though I did not understand her entire story, I understood her grief. In one small moment we had both lost the world, and there was no way to get it back. Amy Tan
“ They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along. Amy Tan
“ What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?...I imagined two people without words, unable to speak to each other. I imagined the need: The color of the sky that meant 'storm.' T… Amy Tan
“ 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
“ 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
“ Maybe all Americans who suffer from melancholy act as if they have gone mad. But I truly thought he might throw himself in the river, and I don't want his ghost visiting to keep telling me he's sorry. 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 unhappin… Amy Tan
“ Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I… Amy Tan
“ 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
“ 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
