Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary. — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“You're leaving, "she said, rising to her feet. "I knew it was coming." "How?" "I'm your mother. You're the breath of my… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“When she reaches the ground, she looks from the old woman to me. A moment of confusion. Then recognition. I know her… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband's family, why… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
I am still learning about love. I thought I understood it--not just mother love, but the love for one's parents, for one's… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“the birth of the twins and what happened to them, although traditional, has transformed me as irreversibly as soaking cloth in a vat of… — Lisa See Copy Share
When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut,… — Lisa See Copy Share
Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a… — Lisa See Copy Share
“When she reaches the ground, she looks from the old woman to me. A moment of confusion. Then recognition. I know her too, because… — Lisa See Copy Share
“huigan—causes us to turn inward and reflect as the liquor coats our tongues, shimmers down our throats, and then rises again as fragrance. The… — Lisa See Copy Share
“...maybe writing doesn't require sacrifice. Maybe it's a gift to experience emotions through our brushes, ink, and paper. I wrote out sorrow, fear, and… — Lisa See Copy Share
“You can always count on people to crowded your party when you’re in glory but you should never dream of people sending you charcoal… — Lisa See Copy Share
It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where… — Lisa See Copy Share
“So many mistakes. So many errors. So much tragedy as a result. In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe… — Lisa See Copy Share
But, you know, I just did a big trip in the spring to Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand, and that's when I bought a… — Lisa See Copy Share
“Maybe that's what we're all like with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.” — Lisa See Copy Share
