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We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. -Suyuan

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei
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