Lisa See Quotes

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• Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

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  Life, Baby, Children

  Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.150, A&C Black

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• I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.

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  Quality, Bad Qualities, Enough

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.5, Random House

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• Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

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  Hearing, Hundred, Seeing

  Lisa See (2012). “Dreams of Joy”, p.95, A&C Black

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• I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.

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  Fate, Done, Wonder

  Lisa See (2013). “Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels”, p.413, Random House

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• Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

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  Keeping Secrets, Secret, Feels

  Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.158, A&C Black

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• We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.

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  Strong, Men, Thinking

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• People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.

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  People, Tests, Lasts

  "Lisa See: Best-selling Author Talks Female Friendships, Adapting Her Novel To Film". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 12, 2011.

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

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  Choices, Sound, Plans

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.190, Random House

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• He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.

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  Heart, Eye, Thinking

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.71, A&C Black

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• People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But I say emotional abuse—anxiety, fear, guilt, and degradation—is far worse and much harder to survive.

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  Strong, War, Smart

  Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.35, A&C Black

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• Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

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  Book, Reading, Writing

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• In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it is composed of two characters. The first means pain; the second means love. That is a mother's love.

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  Mother, Country, Pain

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”, p.2, A&C Black

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• You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.

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  May, Desperate

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.128, Random House

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• While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside.

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  Reflection, Lovely, Needs

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.33, A&C Black

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• In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.

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  Motivational, Regret, Moments

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.99, A&C Black

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• And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.

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  Feet, Interesting, Age

  "Lisa See: secret women's writing". "The Book Show" with Ramona Koval, www.abc.net.au. March 2, 2006.

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• Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.

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  Want, What You Want

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.157, Random House

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• In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.

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  Wings, Bird, World

  Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”, p.78, A&C Black

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

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  Real, People, Alive

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.86, A&C Black

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• How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?

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  Reality, Mind, Fantasy

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.41, A&C Black

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• a laotong relationship is made by choice...when we first looked in each other's eyes in the palanquin I felt something special pass between us--like a spark to start a fire or a seed to grow rice. But a single spark is not enough to warm a room nor is a single seed enough to grow a fruitful crop. Deep love--true-heart love--must grow.

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  Eye, Heart, Deep Love

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• Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?

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  Dream, Desire, Our Dreams

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• All women on earth-- and men, too for that matter-- hope for the kind of love that transforms us, raises us up out of the everyday, & gives us the courage to survive our little deaths: the heartache of unfulfilled dreams, of career and personal disappointments, of broken love affairs.

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  Love, Dream, Disappointment

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• My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.

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  Heart, Tears, Moments

  Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.49, A&C Black

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• It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again. Page 210

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  Mean, Long, Starting Over

  Lisa See (2009). “Shanghai Girls: A Novel”, p.210, Random House

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