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My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find another by the same author and no other, that author is elevated to my favorite.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
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Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!
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Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.
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Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.
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Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so.
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I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness in a place I didn't know was there. I cursed this man aloud so he could hear. You had dog eyes. You jumped and followed whoever called you. Now you chase your own tail.
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I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.
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I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
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