Amy Tan Quotes about Heart

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You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.

You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.

Amy Tan

Heart, Remember You, Remembers You

Amy Tan (2005). “Saving Fish from Drowning”, p.267, Penguin

Then she told me why a tiger is gold and black. It has two ways. The gold side leaps with its fierce heart. The black side stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between the trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come. I did not learn to use my black side until after the bad man left me.

Amy Tan

Heart, Men, Two

A Mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.

Amy Tan

Mother, Heart, Firsts

Amy Tan (2005). “Saving Fish from Drowning”, p.34, Penguin

She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. And if I didn't listen to her, she said my ear would bend too easily to other people, all saying words that had no lasting meaning, because they came from the bottom of their hearts, where their own desires lived, a place where I could not belong.

Amy Tan

Mother, Heart, People

Amy Tan (2006). “The Joy Luck Club”, p.185, Penguin

Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I knew she could see me and what she had finally done. So i shut her eyes with my fingers and told her with my heart: I cah see the truth, too. I am strong, too.

Amy Tan

Strong, Eye, Heart

Amy Tan (2006). “The Joy Luck Club”, p.240, Penguin

Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You are choosing what you want. And you are also choosing what somebody else does not want, and all the consequences that follow. You can tell yourself, That's not my problem, but those words do not wash the trouble away. Maybe it is no longer a problem in your life. But it is always a problem in your heart.

Amy Tan

Heart, Doe, Want