“I saw that deep-heart love meant loving someone in spite of and because of his limitations.” — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“It's hard for a snake to go back to Hell once its had a taste of Heaven.” — Lisa See Heaven Copy Share Image
“Give a low man one ounce of power and he’ll throw ten thousand pounds of bricks on your head.” — Lisa See Copy Share Image
My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears. — Lisa See Copy Share Image
I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men. — 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
Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Grace put her purse on the floor. “My mother says you must never do that,” Ruby chastised. “Mine too,” I agreed. “Do… — Lisa See Parenting Copy Share Image
Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“It may be that the numinous spirit of the written word does not perish and so, too, bestows life after death.” — Lisa See Death Copy Share Image
“I have inherited fragrance of classic books. Drilling the wall for light, hair tied to a beam in fear of drowsing, I… — Lisa See Books Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's what we're all like with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.” — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake. — Lisa See Decision Copy Share Image
May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
One of the things that's pretty unique about nu shu, when you look especially at these old letters and stories that have… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Suffering has brought clarity into my life. Maybe the things that have happened to me are punishment for what I did in… — Lisa See Cherry blossom Copy Share Image
“huigan—causes us to turn inward and reflect as the liquor coats our tongues, shimmers down our throats, and then rises again as… — Lisa See Coffee Copy Share Image
It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests… — Lisa See Beauty Copy Share Image
“I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one and the same. For… — Lisa See Desire 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 Character Copy Share Image
“Although I can’t possibly have a single memory of this place. Then, from deep within me, a profound sense of love radiating… — Lisa See Love Copy Share Image
Mama used to tell us a story about a cicada sitting high in a tree. It chirps and drinks in dew, oblivious… — Lisa See Animals 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 Love Copy Share Image
We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. Parents die,… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“In the leadup to the election of 1876, swing votes were tied to the issue of Chinese immigration in the same way… — Lisa See Hot topic Copy Share Image
“But I’m not just shocked. I’m also disappointed in May for allowing Z.G. to talk her into this. I’m angry at him… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“When you’re held underwater, you think only of air. I remember how I felt about Shanghai in the days after our lives… — Lisa See Beautiful women Copy Share Image
“From this one act, many other laws were passed to make life difficult for the Chinese who were here - even if… — Lisa See Life Copy Share Image
