I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Quote by Amy Tan

Topics: Heaven Quotes, Immortality Quotes, Love Quotes

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up...

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up...

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So...

My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So...

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading...

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

God, life changes faster than you think.

God, life changes faster than you think.

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.'...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...