"For my entire life I longed for love.……" — Lisa See
"For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later as a woman — to want or expect it, but I did, and this unjustified desire has been at the root of every problem I have experienced in my life."
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70 Quotes by Lisa See
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I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
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I write a thousand words a day.
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