"The Valley of Amazement" Quotes
A mother and daughter navigate the complexities of their relationship against the backdrop of early 20th century Shanghai.
historical fiction | 589 pages | Published in 2013
Quotes
I have done something very bad, but I am not a bad person.
There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.
We are the accumulation of everything we are not.
Sometimes the hardest part of being a daughter is the part where you stop being a daughter and become a mother.
Love makes us see a person as beautiful, not because they are, but because we comprehend them in a different light.
Nothing is ever truly gone. But what a relief it is when it is gone.
In the end we must live with our own choices, but sometimes we do not get to make them.
We are all blind to our own ignorance; it's the only way to survive.
The heart is an organ that can be tricked into submission.
We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.
