Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent. Some say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure Chinese. But to me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It's my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world
But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo - Amy Tan
But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo
- Amy Tan
You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know. - Amy Tan
You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.
The life we receive is not always what we choose. - Amy Tan
The life we receive is not always what we choose.
I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei - Amy Tan
I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei
Hope is the adrenalin of the soul. - Amy Tan
Hope is the adrenalin of the soul.
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 rej… - Amy Tan
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 rej…
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,… - 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,…
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
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.
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. - Amy Tan
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
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