"With each passing day, I didn't lose hope. I fought to have more."

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Source : Amy Tan (1995). “The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel”, p.372, Penguin

Amy Tan

#Hope Quotes #Passing Quotes #Passings Quotes

“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.”
“Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.”
“No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”
“You have a heart of gold and I am kneeling in your bloodstream panning for the only thing that has ever felt like home.”
“We all make mistakes, we all have fears, and we all have weaknesses. Behind all that is our essential self. When our essential self has made contact with another, the light is dazzling and would fill the universe. The challenge of enchantment is to remain faithful to that light, to believe in it when it is not so apparent. Then that light becomes an incandescent glow and it wraps itself around everything.”
“You know, we all oppose animal cruelty. But sometimes we forget that animals on farms suffer and feel pain like all other animals. They, too, deserve to be protected from harm and cruelty.”
“...There is a great need of more familiarity with the Scriptures and their teaching in order that we may be crushed to our knees with a sense of humility and be made to cry to God that He would visit us again.”
“I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.”

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