“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 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
Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart… — Lisa See Appreciate 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
May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do: we argue, we… — Lisa See Arguing 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 Faith Copy Share Image
And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age. — Lisa See Age Copy Share Image
In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only. — Lisa See Language Copy Share Image
“Blessings and worry, happiness and fear – this is a mother’s love.” — Lisa See Blessings Copy Share Image
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 Breathing Copy Share Image
A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer… — Lisa See Art Copy Share Image
a laotong relationship is made by choice...when we first looked in each other's eyes in the palanquin I felt something special pass… — Lisa See Art love Copy Share Image
“It has been said that marriages are arranged by Heaven, that destiny will bring even the most distantly separated people together, that… — Lisa See Destiny Copy Share Image
“Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart… — Lisa See Art love Copy Share Image
We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical &… — Lisa See Accepting Copy Share Image
“In the leadup to the election of 1876, swing votes were tied to the issue of Chinese immigration in the same way… — Lisa See Hot topic Copy Share Image
Poetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions — Lisa See Earth 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
In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented… — Lisa See Bird Copy Share Image
“Because inside we still carry the dreams of what could have been, of what should have been, of what we wish could… — Lisa See Dreams Copy Share Image
