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Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess. - Ch. 5

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
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Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden.
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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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I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.
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And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction.
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