I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles. — Lisa See American family Copy Share Image
“My home is here with this family I've built from scraps of tragedy.” — Lisa See Family Copy Share Image
“When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.” — Lisa See Advantage Copy Share Image
“She's grabbed onto old traditions-outdated traditions- in the same way I latch onto them now: as a means of survival, as a… — Lisa See Culture Copy Share Image
“I remember a song we used to sing, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." But I thought it was, "Columbus, Jump in the… — Lisa See Chinese Copy Share Image
“We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can’t escape what we are... obedient chinese daughters.” — Lisa See Daughters Copy Share Image
A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer… — Lisa See Art Copy Share Image
“As I speak, I’m reminded of the old saying that diseases go in through the mouth, disasters come out of the mouth,… — Lisa See Old saying Copy Share Image
I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” — Lisa See Autumn Copy Share Image
Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later… — Lisa See Desire 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 Mother Copy Share Image
“Well, Chinese used to be seen as low, right? Working on the railroad, in laundries, and stuff like that. Now they're seen… — Lisa See Stereotype Copy Share Image
“We've tried to keep her connected to her Chinese background and we've always felt really good about that, but what if, instead… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know… — Lisa See Destiny Copy Share Image
“I want a marriage of companions—one of shared lives and shared poems,' he murmured. 'If we were husband and wife, we would… — Lisa See Books Copy Share Image
Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Miracles are everywhere, and as I watch my sister--forever, beautiful, forever my little sister--staring into the eyes of the one man she… — Lisa See Happiness Copy Share Image
My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics. — Lisa See Book Copy Share Image
Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions — Lisa See Earth Copy Share Image
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire? — Lisa See Desire Copy Share Image
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman. — Lisa See Desperate Copy Share Image
And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age. — Lisa See Age Copy Share Image
But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs… — 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… — Lisa See Birth Copy Share Image
I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've… — Lisa See Business Copy Share Image
We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical &… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary. — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“A dragon doesn't surrender. A dragon fights fate. This is not some loud, roaring feeling. It feels more like someone blew on… — Lisa See Dragon Copy Share Image
I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole… — Lisa See Adolescence Copy Share Image
All these types of love come out of duty, respect, and gratitude. Most of them, as the women in my county know,… — Lisa See Brutality Copy Share Image
“When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the… — Lisa See Misfortune Copy Share Image
What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved. — Lisa See Death Copy Share Image
