a traditional Cantonese gift: a tin of imported Danish…

“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

“Maybe that's what we're all like with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.”

— Lisa See

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

“When in the world did anyone die from a dream?”

— Lisa See

“Yes, she had held her family together, but at what cost to herself.”

— Lisa See

“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

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

Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.

— Lisa See

“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

“...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

“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

“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

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

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

Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.

— Lisa See