Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.
—Amy Tan
Memory feeds imagination.
—Amy Tan
Topics: Memories
If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.
—Amy Tan
Topics: Fate, Attitude
In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
—Amy Tan
Topics: Chance, Circumstance
With each passing day, I didn’t lose hope. I fought to have more.
—Amy Tan
Topics: Hope
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