“That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
Quotes from bookThe 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?”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
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.”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
“Chaos is the penance for leisure.”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”
Amy Tan book The Bonesetter's Daughter
Source: The Bonesetter's Daughter
