There's no hope. There's no reason to keep trying. Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. This is your life, what you must do.
Amy TanFor unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.
Amy TanI have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand but not in the left.
Amy TanSecrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth.
Amy Tan