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I write a thousand words a day.
Lisa See
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Lisa See
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 18
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My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.
Lisa See
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.
Lisa See
The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life.
Lisa See
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.
Lisa See
When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad.
Lisa See
Gone were my girlish ideas about romantic love and my later ideas about sexual love. From Yi, I learned to appreciate deep-heart love. Peony in Love
Lisa See
I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.
Lisa See
My love for him had never gone away but only changed, growing deeper like wine fermenting or pickles curing. It bore into me with the pervasiveness of water working its way to the center of a mountain.
Lisa See
I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
Lisa See
I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.
Lisa See
Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life.
Lisa See
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.
Lisa See
But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.
Lisa See
i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay
Lisa See
People write to me all the time, and I write back.
Lisa See
When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when person dies, that is not real love
Lisa See
How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?
Lisa See
Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.
Lisa See
There is no life without death. That is the true meaning of yin and yang
Lisa See
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.
Lisa See