Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you- not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again?
Amy TanAnd below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction.
Amy TanI thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.
Amy Tanhow can the world in all its chaos come up with so many coincidences, so many similarities and exact opposites?
Amy TanI love my daughter. She and I have shared my body. There is a part of her mind that is a part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away ever since.
Amy Tan