Lisa See

“unpack, polish, or sell. There are”

— Lisa See

“Stories tell us how we should live.”

— Lisa See

I write a thousand words a day.

— Lisa See

“husband got pneumonia and”

— Lisa See

“or show any disrespect for male”

— Lisa See

“recommended to us because he sees lots of”

— Lisa See

“No coincidence, no story.”

— Lisa See

“attending USC or Occidental.”

— Lisa See

When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad.

— Lisa See

“Tea reminds us to slow down and escape the pressures of modern life,” he says”

— Lisa See

“But teaching a lesson isn’t a part of friendship.”

— Lisa See

You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.

— Lisa See

“What better place to look for trash than in America - the land of consumption and waste?”

— Lisa See

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

— Lisa See

“The machete has been tested, and the rice already cooked.”

— Lisa See

“What husband wants a wife who thinks she’s smarter than he is?”

— 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…

— Lisa See

When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when person dies, that is not real…

— Lisa See

“Maybe our lives are like gigantic jigsaw puzzles. You find the right piece and suddenly the whole picture has meaning.”

— Lisa See

“But then this is how it is for women everywhere. You experience one lapse in conscience, in how low you think you'll…

— Lisa See

“I’m reminded of the old saying that diseases go in through the mouth, disasters come out of the mouth, meaning that words…

— Lisa See

Perhaps he was afraid as I was that we'd be caught. Or perhaps he was breathing me in just as I was…

— 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…

— Lisa See

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

— Lisa See

“I wonder if there was anything I could have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know…

— Lisa See

I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control.…

— Lisa See

“Everyone knows that part of the spirit descends to the afterworld, while part of it remains with the family, but we have…

— Lisa See

“Although I can’t possibly have a single memory of this place. Then, from deep within me, a profound sense of love radiating…

— Lisa See

“We view the world very much as peasants in the countryside have for millennia. they've alsways said that the mountains are high…

— 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,…

— Lisa See

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at…

— Lisa See

Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should…

— Lisa See

“Because inside we still carry the dreams of what could have been, of what should have been, of what we wish could…

— Lisa See

“When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into…

— Lisa See

Mama used to tell us a story about a cicada sitting high in a tree. It chirps and drinks in dew, oblivious…

— Lisa See

Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very…

— Lisa See

When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into…

— Lisa See

“So often we're told that women's stories are unimportant. After all, what does it matter what happens in the main room, in…

— Lisa See

“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

“You have special abilities,” she goes on. “I don’t mean you are a witch or a fox spirit. And you’ve never seemed…

— Lisa See