She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another word, and another, each one flung out like a little piece of sand, one from this direction, another form behind, more and more, until his looks, his character, his soul would have eroded away . . . I was afraid that some unseen speck of truth would fly into my eye, blur what I was seeing and transform him from the divine man I thought he was into someone quite mundane, mortally wounded with tiresome habits and irritating imperfections.
Amy Tanhow can the world in all its chaos come up with so many coincidences, so many similarities and exact opposites?
Amy TanThere are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.
Amy TanThe forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.
Amy Tan