All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up… - Amy Tan

" "
All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.

Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club · June 1, 2000 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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

"And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English. They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds "joy luck" is not a word, it does not exist. They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation."

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. And because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow.

Why do some memories live only on your tongue or in your nose? Why do others always stay in your heart?

All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way. - Amy Tan

About Amy Tan

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Amy Tan