The Joy Luck Club Quotes
Lindo Jong: I could see her face looking at me but not seeing me. She was ashamed, so ashamed to be my daughter.
Waverly Jong: Mom, what's wrong?
Lindo Jong: Nothing, nothing. Only thinking, thinking about my mother, how much I wanted to be like her.
Waverly Jong: Mom, what's wrong?
Lindo Jong: Nothing, nothing. Only thinking, thinking about my mother, how much I wanted to be like her.
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Rose: The beautiful part was, he never had to ask for any of this. In fact, he never even knew. I told myself that was the selfless way, the loving way, instead of the chicken**** way.
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Rose: The beautiful part was, he never had to ask for any of this. In fact, he never even knew. I told myself that was the selfless way, the loving way, instead of the chickenshit way.
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Waverly Jong: Mom, why don't you like Rich?
Lindo Jong: Is Rich you afraid I not like? If I don't like your Rich, I act polite, say nothing, let him have big cancer, let my daughter be a widow. I like Rich, of course I do. To allow him to marry such a daughter!
Waverly Jong: You don't know, you don't know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and I'm four years old again, crying myself to sleep, because nothing I do can ever, ever please you.
Lindo Jong: Is Rich you afraid I not like? If I don't like your Rich, I act polite, say nothing, let him have big cancer, let my daughter be a widow. I like Rich, of course I do. To allow him to marry such a daughter!
Waverly Jong: You don't know, you don't know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and I'm four years old again, crying myself to sleep, because nothing I do can ever, ever please you.
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Ying Ying: Do you know what you want? I mean, from him?
Lena: Respect. Tenderness.
Ying Ying: Then tell him now. And leave this lopsided house. Do not come back until he give you those things, with both hands open.
Lena: Respect. Tenderness.
Ying Ying: Then tell him now. And leave this lopsided house. Do not come back until he give you those things, with both hands open.
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Ying Ying: Losing him does not matter. It is you who will be found - and cherished.
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