Everybody looked down on someone else. It didn´t matter tha… - Amy Tan

" "
Everybody looked down on someone else. It didn´t matter that everybody shared the same sidewalk to spit on and suffered the same fast-moving diarrhea. We all had the same stink, but everybody complained someone else smelled the worst.

Amy Tan

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Amy Tan

Amy Ruth Tan (譚恩美 Tán Ēnměi) (born 19 February 1952) is a Chinese-American writer and member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, most famous for her novel The Joy Luck Club.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Amy Ruth Tan

All quotes from Amy Tan Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Amy Tan:

Margaret Atwood Louise Erdrich Isabel Allende Khaled Hosseini Haruki Murakami

Additional quotes by Amy Tan

Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.

And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over.
-Rose

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.

Everybody looked down on someone else. It didn´t matter that everybody shared the same sidewalk to spit on and suffered the same fast-moving diarrhea… - Amy Tan

About Amy Tan

Also Known As

Limited Time Offer

Additional quotes by Amy Tan

Advanced Search Filters