When my daughter looks at me, she sees a small old lady. That is because she sees only with her outside eyes. She has no chuming, no inside knowing of things. If she had chuming she would see a tiger lady. And she would have careful fear.
Amy TanWe are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood.
Amy TanI discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control.
Amy TanI was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
Amy Tan