Amy Tan - You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just...

Amy Tan Zitate

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable.

Amy Tan

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Sie schreiben ein Buch und hoffen, dass jemand ausgeht und für das, was Sie soeben gesagt haben, 24,95 Dollar bezahlt. Ich denke, Bücher waren meine Erlösung. Bücher retteten mich vor Elend.

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