“I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend.” — Lisa See Life Copy Share Image
Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is. — Lisa See Baby Copy Share Image
There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang — Lisa See Death Copy Share Image
How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard? — Lisa See Creativity Copy Share Image
Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake. — Lisa See Decision Copy Share Image
“I have inherited fragrance of classic books. Drilling the wall for light, hair tied to a beam in fear of drowsing, I… — Lisa See Books Copy Share Image
“It may be that the numinous spirit of the written word does not perish and so, too, bestows life after death.” — Lisa See Death Copy Share Image
Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that. — Lisa See Feels Copy Share Image
“I came here to be happy, and I’m going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body… — lisa see Happiness Copy Share Image
The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and… — Lisa See Children 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
Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred… — Lisa See Better 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
“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 Coffee Copy Share Image
“I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one and the same. For… — Lisa See Desire Copy Share Image
“Suffering has brought clarity into my life. Maybe the things that have happened to me are punishment for what I did in… — Lisa See Cherry blossom Copy Share Image
One of the things that's pretty unique about nu shu, when you look especially at these old letters and stories that have… — Lisa See About Copy Share Image
In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it… — Lisa See Character Copy Share Image
“It's said that great sorrow is no more than a reflection of one's capacity for great joy. I see it from the… — Lisa See Empty space Copy Share Image
“I imagined my first night alone in bed with my stranger. I conjured our future years together unhampered by worries about money… — Lisa See Dreams Copy Share Image
“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 Every day Copy Share Image
“Then it dawned on me that men throughout the country had to know about nu shu (women's written word). How could they… — Lisa See Writing Copy Share Image
I am still learning about love. I thought I understood it--not just mother love, but the love for one's parents, for one's… — Lisa See Art love Copy Share Image
“We had a meeting where we were supposed to learn how to respond to jerks who ask things like "When did you… — Lisa See Birth mother Copy Share Image
“I focus my eyes on my jade bracelet. All these years and for all the years after I die, it will remain… — Lisa See Bracelet 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
“When you’re held underwater, you think only of air. I remember how I felt about Shanghai in the days after our lives… — Lisa See Beautiful women Copy Share Image
“From this one act, many other laws were passed to make life difficult for the Chinese who were here - even if… — Lisa See Life Copy Share Image
“a traditional Cantonese gift: a tin of imported Danish cookies.” — Lisa See Cantonese Gift Copy Share Image
“I saw that deep-heart love meant loving someone in spite of and because of his limitations.” — Lisa See Art love Copy Share Image
