“Why couldn’t I simply accept things as they were and be grateful? I wondered. How I envied people whose desires were simple and who could find joy in life as it is. Surely there was no reason why I shouldn’t… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“What was the point, I told myself, of trying to explain to people who would never understand? Frankness just stirred up trouble amoung women who thought only of themselves, always looking for reasons to carp and complain. It was so rare to find anyone who truly understood, I had learned to keep my thoughts to myself. In fact, if I… — Liza Dalby Copy Share
“I could always tell when I was ready to write again, for I became irritable.” — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“Fate is unmoved by one's pitiful hopes; what changes, bowing to fate, is what one hopes for.” — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“The moon is more interesting than the unchanging sun. That is surely why it is used in poetry and the sun is not—unless one… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
But how ridiculous that I should bereft simply because I couldn’t spend hours in my world of make-believe! Wasn’t the reality of my life… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“Why couldn’t I simply accept things as they were and be grateful? I wondered. How I envied people whose desires were simple and who… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“I realized that when we finally reached Miyako, I would be stepping into a new life and would have to stop thinking about Ming-gwok.… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“In white, everything was vividly stark, like those line drawings in which everyone's black hair seems to literally to grow from the paper.” — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“This journey was the last time I could freely caress my memories. I imagined a small lacquered box inlaid with silver and gold in… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that people do a rather good job of creating levels of hell all by themselves, and this was something worth… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“I cannot pretend that I understood my mother at the end of her life. I was trying to follow the goals she had set… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
“I was convinced the answer to life's enigmas must lie in connecting our emotional yearnings to nature.” — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
