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The Bonesetter's Daughter QUOTES

The Bonesetter's Daughter QUOTES

1 " Dementia was like a truth serum. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

2 " All objects exist in a moment of time. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

3 " Believe me, daughter, there is nothing worse than having your own family member out for revenge. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

4 " After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember? "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

5 " What is the past but what we choose to remember? "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

6 " So much of history is mystery. We don't know what is lost forever, what will surface again. All objects exist in a moment of time. And that fragment of time is preserved or lost or found in mysterious ways. Mystery is a wonderful part of life. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

7 " He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

8 " ...you have to believe in its principles. Anything is possible, as long as it's for the good of the world. Make the exception. Live exceptionally. And if you can't do that, maybe we should consider whether you're right for the project. Think about it, then let's talk tomorrow. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

9 " Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to remember what made your life worthwhile and happy. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

10 " You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an inkstone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, What are my intentions? What is my heart that matches my mind? "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

11 " Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

12 " A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

13 " Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

14 " Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

15 " That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

16 " Chaos is the penance for leisure. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

17 " You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

18 " But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

19 " They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter

20 " He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than sunrise, more brilliant than the sun, as brief as sunset. I want to follow its trail to eternity. "

― Amy Tan , The Bonesetter's Daughter