# Quote — Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

> For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.

- Author: [Amy Tan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan.md)
- Book: [The Joy Luck Club](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan/the-joy-luck-club.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amy_Tan#The_Joy_Luck_Club_(1989)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/amy-tan/the-joy-luck-club/for-woman-is-yin

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> I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.

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> My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club. I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.

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