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Book cover for Circe
Gods hate all toil, it is their nature. The closest we come is weaving or smithing, but these things are skills, and there is no drudgery to them since all the parts that might be unpleasant are taken away with power.
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Amy Tan
“Each person is made of five different elements, she told me.
Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father, whom my mother always critized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should feel guilty that he didn't let my mother speak her mind.
Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people's ideas, unable to stand on your own. This was like my Auntie An-mei.
Too much water and you flowed in too many different directions. like myself.”
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan
“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses

Amy Tan
“You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.”
Amy Tan, Saving Fish from Drowning

Amy Tan
“Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.”
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Richard Ford
“Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.”
Richard Ford, Canada

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