“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You are choosing what you want. And you are also choosing what somebody else does not want, and all the consequences that follow. You can tell yourself, That's not my problem, but those words do not wash the trouble away. Maybe it is no longer a problem in your life. But it is always a problem in your heart.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“That 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? Maybe you lost more maybe less, then thousand different things that come from your memory or imagination - and you do not know which is which, which was true, which is false.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“And now I have to stop. Because every time I remember this, I have to cry a little by myself. I don't know why something that made me so happy then feels so sad now. Maybe that is the way it is with the best memories.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“You see what power is – holding someone else’s fear
in your hand and showing it to them”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“We are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It is smooth, pungent, and instantly addicting.
"This is from Grand Auntie," my mother explains. "She told me 'If I buy the cheap tea, then I am saying that my whole life has not been worth something better.' A few years ago she bought it for herself. One hundred dollars a pound."
"You're kidding." I take another sip. It tastes even better.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the house and thought, soon I will no longer have to see these walls and all the unhappiness they keep inside.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“When Jesus was born, he was already the son of God. I was the daughter of someone who ran away, a big disgrace. And when Jesus suffered, everyone worshipped him. Nobody worshipped me for living with Wen Fu. I was like that wife of Kitchen God. Nobody worshipped me either. He got all the excuses. He got all the credit. She was forgotten.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“In this matter, you should not concern yourself for my sake.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“If you asked me how I felt when they told me I would marry Wen Fu, I can say only this: It was like being told I had won a big prize. And it was also like being told my head was going to be chopped off. Something between those two feelings.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“If someone offers to take your burden, you need to know he is serious, not just being polite and kind. Polite and kind do not last.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“All night long I worried, not about myself but about Jimmy. I imagined him looking for me, running through the park, looking in the movie theatres. He was a good man, considerate and kind, but he was not strong. He had never been through any kind of bad hardship before. So I worried.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“My sister Kwan believes she has yin eyes. ”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently? How can you think everyone can be a hero, choosing death, when it is part of our nature to let go of brave thoughts at the last moment and cling to hope and life?”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“This is the kind of China you Americans always see in the movies - the poor countryside, people wearing big hats to protect themselves from the sun. No, I never wore a hat like that! I was from Shanghai. That's like thinking someone from San Francisco wears a cowboy hat and rides a horse. Ridiculous!”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“How can I argue with someone who makes no sense?”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“That 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? Maybe you lost more, maybe less, ten thousand different things that come from your memory or imagination—and you do not know which is which, which was true, which is false.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“May the dog-mother rut with a dead devil!”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
“If you don’t take a chance, someone else will give you his luck. And if you get bad luck, then you need to take another chance to turn things from bad to good.”
― Amy Tan, quote from The Kitchen God's Wife
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“It stank pretty bad, of course: manure was caked all over the wagon. But we were free. Right then I was elated with a sense of how faithful God is to his promises; I was free, and I was smiling joyfully on a manure wagon. As we ambled along, I laughed to myself when I thought of God's sense of humor in delivering us that way. Even today, the smell of manure reminds me of freedom.”
― quote from Things We Couldn't Say
“You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.”
― Rachel Caine, quote from Daylighters
“I believe there’s something you’ll need, Sentinel.” Ethan slid from his chair, dropped to one knee on the carpet. My mind had to race to keep up, but my heart pounded madly. Ethan looked up at me, grinned. “That thing, of course, is this.” He held up a small dessert fork. “You dropped your fork, Sentinel.” My blood pounded in my ears. I stood up, swatted his arms with slaps. “You are a jerk.” He roared with laughter. “Ah, Sentinel. The look on your face.” He doubled over with laughter. “Such terror.” I kept swatting. “At the thought of marrying you, you pretentious ass.” He roared again, then picked me up and carried me to the bed. “My pretentions are well earned, Sentinel.” “You have got to stop doing that.” “I can’t. It’s hilarious.” Only a man would think fake proposals were so funny.”
― Chloe Neill, quote from Blood Games
“Who ever said the heart was smart or that it followed directions?”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Lead
“Obojica su se slagali da je zivot u Bosni neobicno tezak i narod svih vera bedan i zaostao u svakom pogledu. Trazeci razloge i objasnjenja tome stanju, fratar je sve svodio na tursku vladavinu i tvrdio da nikakvog boljitka ne moze da bude dok se ove zemlje ne oslobode turske sile i dok tursku vlast ne zameni hriscanska. Defose nije hteo da se zadovolji tim tumacenjem, nego je trazio razloge i u hriscanima samima. Turska vladavina stvorila je, tvrdio je on, kod svojih hriscanskih podanika izvesne karakteristicne osobine, kao pritvorstvo, upornost, nepoverenje, lenost misli i strah od svake novine i svakog rada i pokreta. Te osobine, nastale u stolecima nejednake borbe i stalne odbrane, presle su u prirodu ovdasnjeg coveka i postale trajne crte njegovog karaktera. Nastale od nuzde i pod pritiskom, one su danas, i bice i ubuduce, velika prepreka napretku, rdjavo nasledje teske proslosti i krupne mane koje bi trebalo iskoreniti.”
― Ivo Andrić, quote from Bosnian Chronicle
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