Amy Tan - Daughter Quotes

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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 knowledge of things. If she had "chuming" she would see a tiger lady. And she would have careful fear.

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

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I love my daughter. She and I have shared my body. There is a part of her mind that is a part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away ever since.

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But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying

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All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me.

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Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling.

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Only two kind of daughters. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!

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