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How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to myself that there are no absolute truths.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling.
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All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying
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