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Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I'm talking about stems from the sense that we can never fully share the truth of who we are. I experienced this acutely at an early age.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Age Alone Also Being Being Alone Different Early Early Age Even Experienced Feeling Fully Loneliness Lonely Make Makes Never Our People Perception Sense Share Special Stems Surrounded Talking Truth Uniqueness Us Valuable Who You

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There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end up deliberately choosing the American things - hot dogs and apple pie - and ignoring the Chinese offerings.

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Topics: America American Apple Apple Pie Assimilation Chinese Choosing Deliberately Dogs End Happens Hot Hot Dogs Ignoring Melting Melting Pot Myth Pie Pot Things Up

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I felt ashamed of being different and ashamed of feeling that way.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Ashamed Being Being Different Different Feeling Felt Way

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I have many reasons why I think reading is really important. It provided for me a refuge, especially during difficult times. It provided me with the notion that I could find an ending that was different from what was happening to me at the time.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Could Different Difficult Difficult Times Ending Find Happening Important Many Me Notion Provided Reading Really Reasons Refuge Think Time Times Why I Think

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God, life changes faster than you think.

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Topics: Changes Faster God Life Life Changes Than Think You

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When you read about the lives of other people, people of different circumstances or similar circumstances, you are part of their lives for that moment. You inhabit their lives, and you feel what they're feeling, and that is compassion. If we see that reading does allow us that, we see how absolutely essential reading is.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Absolutely Allow Circumstances Compassion Different Does Essential Feel Feeling How Inhabit Lives Moment Other Part People Read Reading See Similar Us You

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I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Ability Find Humour Irony Makes Otherwise People Present Resilient Situations Skills Some Superficial Survivor Would You

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My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Expectations Expected Get Had High High Expectations Kindergarten Me Parents Straight Time Very

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I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.

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Topics: Argument Because Chinese English Got Her Mother People She Think Understand Used

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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.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Arises Desperation Inspiration Kindness Knows Muses Perhaps Universe Where Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: February 19th, 1952

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