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

Lisa See

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Lisa See
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 18
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I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.
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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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I write a thousand words a day.
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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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i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay
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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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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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How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?
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You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.
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I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control. Our hearts and minds are tormented, teased, enticed and delighted by the overwhelming strength of emotions that make us try to forget the real world.
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Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.
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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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I’ve never thought much about whether I was happy or if I had fun as a child. I was a so-so girl who lived with a so-so family in a so-so village. I didn’t know that there might be another way to live, and I didn’t worry about it either.
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What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.
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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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My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.
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I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
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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 point out each other's frailties, mistakes, and bad judgment, we flash the insecurities we've had since childhood, and then we come back together. Until the next time.
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Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a person who was my husband.
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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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