“ 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
“ The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose,… Amy Tan
“ Even if I could live forever,” she said to the baby, “I still don’t know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no reason."“But later I threw away my foolish i… Amy Tan
