“When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it’s all part of making sense of who I am.”
"A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place."
- Amy Tan
Love
"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming — well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them."
- Amy Tan
Courage
"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
- Lily Tomlin
Self-awareness
"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."
- Laird Hamilton
Self-awareness
"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."
Self-awareness