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And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over. -Rose

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Love
Expectations
Think
Fate
Thinking
Lose
Loses
Inattention
Takes
Expectation
Half
Shaped
Faith
Somehow
Something
Rose

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