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Amy Tan Quotes: Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.
         

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.


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I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.



My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.



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

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



So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?



I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.



I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."



How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?



Libraries are the pride of the city.

Libraries are the pride of the city.



Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.



From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.





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How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough!

How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough!



We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--you will be that inevitably--but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God's Son.

We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--you will be that inevitably--but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God's Son.



Ask any woman in an arranged marriage. Love is the least stressful way out.

Ask any woman in an arranged marriage. Love is the least stressful way out.



Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.



That's all I want- to do no harm.

That's all I want- to do no harm.



I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.



The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.

The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.




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This page presents the quote "Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.". Author of this quote is Amy Tan. This quote is about giving, writing, stories, privilege,.