Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter Quotes

Dementia was like a truth serum.

All objects exist in a moment of time.

After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?

Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls

Believe me, daughter, there is nothing worse than having your own family member out for revenge.

What is the past but what we choose to remember?

He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.

Free time was the most precious time, when you should be doing what you loved, or at least slowing down enough to remember what made your life worthwhile and happy.

Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time.

A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.