Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

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  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted15 hours ago
    "I have always believed in your blessings," she praised God in that same tone she used for exaggerated Chinese compliments. "We knew they would come. We did not question them. Your decisions were our decisions. You rewarded us for our faith.
    "In return we have always tried to show our deepest respect. We went to your house. We brought you money. We sang your songs. You gave us more blessings. And now we have misplaced one of them. We were careless. This is true. We had so many good things, we couldn't keep them in our mind all the time.
    "So maybe you hid him from us to teach us a lesson, to be more careful with your gifts in the future. I have learned this. I have put it in my memory.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted2 months ago
    Too much water and you flowed in too many directions,
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted2 months ago
    Too much fire and you had a bad temper.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted2 months ago
    Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people's ideas, unable to stand on your own
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    "Bad wife!" she cried. "If you refuse to sleep with my son, I refuse to feed you or clothe you." So that's how I knew what my husband had said to avoid his mother's anger. I was also boiling with anger, but I said nothing, remembering my promise to my parents to be an obedient wife.
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    He had no desire for me, but it was his fear that made me think he had no desire for any woman. He was like a little boy who had never grown up
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    I was surprised at what I saw. I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable. I was strong. I was pure. I had genuine thoughts inside that no one could see, that no one could ever take away from me. I was like the wind.
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still be the same person?
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    I wondered why my destiny had been decided, why I should have an unhappy life so someone else could have a happy one.
  • zoeyhas quoted2 years ago
    "It's no use," my mother would say. "We have made a contract. It cannot be broken." And I would cry even harder.
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