Amy Tan Quotes

Even when I worked in that world, I still wanted love so strong that the man would have no interest in another woman. Maybe you will always be incapable of giving that kind of love. You tell me I want too much. And maybe I do. But like you and your imagination, I can't help but be that way.

Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love?

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Dementia was like a truth serum.

too much happiness always overflowed into tears of sorrow.

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that's like saying you can never change your fate. Isn't that true?

Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.

You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.

All objects exist in a moment of time.

You see what power is – holding someone else’s fear
in your hand and showing it to them

When the anesthesia of love wears off,
you suffer the pain of consequence.

So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time. And that fragment of time is preserved or lost or found in mysterious ways. Mystery is a wonderful part of life.

...you have to believe in its principles. Anything is possible, as long as it's for the good of the world. Make the exception. Live exceptionally. And if you can't do that, maybe we should consider whether you're right for the project. Think about it, then let's talk tomorrow.