People · 1989
Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.
— Amy Tan · The Joy Luck Club
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An editorial interpretation.
Experience can take away the belief that nothing will hurt you. These words ask what you might keep when that belief goes: hope, laughter, and the ability to pass them on to someone younger.
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