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“I never listened to what I was playing. I daydream about being somewhere else, about being someone else.” (Page 4 sentence 4-5)

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“I was supposed to memorize the whole thing. But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed.” (Tan 3-4)

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“Who ask you to be genius.” she shouted. “Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!”?(Tan 3)

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I could be lazy and get away with mistakes, lots of mistakes. If I hit the wrong notes because I hadn't practiced enough, I never corrected myself; I just kept playing in rhythm…So maybe I never really gave myself a fair chance“ (Tan 5)

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“We're both listening only in our head!"

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“Why don’t you like me the way I am? I cried, I’m not a genius! I can’t play the piano, and even if I could. I wouldn’t go on tv if you paid me.” (Tan 2).

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“I By then I saw my mother's face, her stricken face.was very confident. I remember my childish excitement. It was as if I knew, without a doubt, that the prodigy side of me really did exist. I had no fear whatsoever, no nervousness.”.(Tan 4)

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“Why should I? I’m not a genius.” (Tan 5)

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“I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl!” (Tan 2)

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“I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high pitched noises like a crazed animal trying to scratch out my face in the mirror.” (Page 2)

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“I now had bad hair the length of a boys; with curly bangs that hung at a slant two inches above my eyebrows” (Tan 1)

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“Then I wish I were never born! I wish I were dead!” (Tan 5)

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“I was filled with a sense that i would soon become perfect.”

(Tan 1)

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“My whole face quivering as I tried not to cry”(Tan 4).

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“I emerged with an uneven mess of crinkly black fuzz.” (Tan 1)

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“Why don’t you like me the way I am I cried I’m not a genius I can’t play the piano and even if I could I wouldn’t go on TV if you paid me a million dollars” (Tan p.2&3)

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“I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl” (Tan 2)

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Why don't you like me the way I am?" I cried. "I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!" (Page 2/3)

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"I'll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be" (Tan 5)