“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
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 Doors 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 Deeper 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
“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 Natural world 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,… — Lisa See Fear 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… — Lisa See Humor 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
“So many mistakes. So many errors. So much tragedy as a result. In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in… — Lisa See Time Copy Share Image
“Yes, she had held her family together, but at what cost to herself.” — Lisa See Family Copy Share Image
But, you know, I just did a big trip in the spring to Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand, and that's when I… — Lisa See Back 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
Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest. — Lisa See Communes Copy Share Image
“Hyacinth bean and papayas, long vines, deep roots. Palm trees outside the garden walls, with deep roots, stand a thousand years.” — Lisa See Gardening Copy Share Image
Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. — Lisa See Children 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
“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
There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang — Lisa See Death Copy Share Image
And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound… — Lisa See 80s 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 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
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 Action Copy Share Image
