...As she grew older, she was aware of her changing position on mortality. In her youth, the topic of death was philosophical; in her thirties it was unbearable and in her forties unavoidable. In her fifties, she had dealt with it in more rational terms, arranging her last testament, itemizing assets and heirlooms, spelling out the organ donation, detailing the exact words for her living will. Now, in her sixties, she was back to being philosophical. Death was not a loss of life, but the culmination of a series of releases. It was devolving into less and less. You had to release yourself from vanity, desire, ambition, suffering, and frustration - all the accoutrements of the I, the ego. And if you die, you would disappear, leave no trace, evaporate into nothingness...
Amy TanTag: death aging-gracefully
I know how it is to live your life like a dream. To listen and watch, to wake up and try to understand what has already happened.
Amy TanA little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use.
Amy TanEven though I did not understand her entire story, I understood her grief.
Amy TanYou can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.
Amy TanTag: dark light desperation
Being a dominatrix gave me the ultimate power: to sing without self-consciousness.
Amy TanTag: humor inspirational
I wanted to capture what language ability tests could never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
Amy TanTag: education school english-language
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
Amy TanTag: future-plans humorist fury gemma-doyle humbleness keys johnny-depp judgmental-people gaara katniss-and-peeta alan-sheinwald
After a while, I hurt so much I didn't feel any difference.
Amy TanCan you imagine how it is, to want to be neither inside nor outside, to want to be nowhere and disappear?
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