| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c926ea9 | I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she is not proud of me. | lindo-jong the-joy-luck-club | Amy Tan | |
| 85691b5 | The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!--it is too beautiful to eat. | the-joy-luck-club | Amy Tan |