“ I do not consider myself a religious person, because I don't adhere to a particular religion or faith or prescribed beliefs, as did my father, who was a Baptist minister. And I am not an atheist, one… Amy Tan
“ The farther you move from the core of the problem, the faster the situation spins out of control. Amy Tan
“ Thanks to my mother, I was raised to have a morbid imagination. When I was a child, she often talked about death as warning, as an unavoidable matter of fact. Little Debbie's mom down the block might… Amy Tan
“ It's not that we had no heart or eyes for pain. We were all afraid. We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable...What was… Amy Tan
“ 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 somet… Amy Tan
“ I imagine a hundred Chinese Icaruses, molding wings out of earwax. You can't stop people from wishing. Amy Tan
“ He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than sunrise, more brilliant than the sun, as brief as sunset. I… Amy Tan
“ Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to remember what made your life worthwhile and happy. Amy Tan
“ For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me. 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
“ These days I realize that faith and fate have similar effects on the believer. They suggest that a higher power knows the next move and that we are at the mercy of that force. They differ, among other… Amy Tan
“ Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever. Amy Tan
“ Teddy once told me that it's natural that we feel alone, and that's because our hearts are different from others and we don't even know how. When we're in love, as if by magic, our different hearts co… Amy Tan
“ 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
“ My mother believed in God's will for many years. It was as if she had turned on a celestial faucet and goodness kept pouring out. She said it was faith that kept all these good things coming our way,… Amy Tan
“ Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it, then let it walk with you. You can never balk. It moves you like the tide. It takes you out to sea… Amy Tan
