I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles. — Lisa See 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
“Anyone who tells you that the Yao people never care for their daughters is lying. We may be worthless. We may be… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that part of the spirit descends to the afterworld, while part of it remains with the family, but we have… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“I don't want her to either, which is exactly what I've been saying. Still, there's a part of me that hates that… — 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
“individual family. It showed an infant’s face blown up so big it was blurry.” — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“That lazy servant next door was sloppy with the Tso family’s nightstool and stunk up the street with their nightsoil,” Mama says.… — 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 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 doors shut,… — Lisa See 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 for a… — 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 too, because… — Lisa See 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 fragrance. The… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“...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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
