Amy Tan Quotes:
Ocupation: Film writer
Life: b. February 19, 1952
Birthday: February 19
I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And by telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, I avoided the wounds of deep disappointment. The pain was no worse than the quick sting of a booster shot. And yet thinking about this makes me ache again. How is it that as a child I knew I should have been loved more? Is everyone born with a bottomless emotional resevoir?
source: Amy Tan (1995). “The Hundred Secret Senses: A Novel”, p.15, Penguin
topic: Children, Pain, Disappointment, Deep Disappointment
