“That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.”
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
Quotes from book
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter, published in 2003, is Amy Tan's fourth novel. Like much of Tan's work, this book deals with the relationship between an American-born Chinese woman and her immigrant mother.
“What is the past but what we choose to remember?”
Variant: After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
“You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.”
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
