Samantha

“What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the table with her hand. You put something else on top, everything fall down.”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me... All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me... We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing; unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. ”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations."
- Two Kinds”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me.
When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you- not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again?”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club