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A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years.


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AMY TAN Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How ...
AMY TAN Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidu...
ILANA TAN I recognise why I have such a strong inability to forgive certain people who betray me. It's chi...
AMY TAN And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the d...
AMY TAN He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.
AMY TAN While the adoption and penetration of advance security solutions is slow in developing countries due...
JAY TAN The main hurdle in implementing large security systems within enterprises is the difficulty in estab...
JAY TAN I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It...
AMY TAN To keep false hopes is to prolong misery.
AMY TAN Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and hel...
AMY TAN Fate changes when you change your clothes.
AMY TAN Teddy once told me that it's natural that we feel alone, and that's because our hearts are different...
AMY TAN And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusation...
AMY TAN Can I tell my daughter that I loved her father? This was the man who rubbed my feet at night. He pra...
AMY TAN wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her...
AMY TAN With the Lucio Tan group gaining sole control of PNB, it is unlikely that there will be any change i...
LUCIO TAN The deal also paves the way for a merger with the smaller Allied Bank, which is also owned by the Lu...
LUCIO TAN